Iraq Archives - Page 2 of 42

Prayer vigil pushes for peaceful solution to Iran crisis

Jan 8, 2020

The gathering outside the White House after dark Jan. 6 to protest U.S. aggression toward Iran was not nearly as big as a parade two days earlier protesting against the warlike moves. It certainly was not as loud.

By Mark Pattison

Morality of drone warfare questioned after attack on Iranian general

Jan 7, 2020

Catholics working to shape public policy in favor of peace, collaboration and nonviolent alternatives to war expressed concerns that the drone strike killing Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani likely will fuel an escalating tit-for-tat series of responses that would engulf the Middle East in war.

By Dennis Sadowski

Iraqi cardinal: Innocents will ‘be the fuel’ for fire after drone strike

Jan 6, 2020

Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako, responding to a U.S. drone attack in Baghdad that killed Iran’s top general, said “wisdom is required to avoid the ‘volcanic eruption’ we are about to face.”

By Dale Gavlak

Archbishop: Iraqis have ‘big anxiety’ after drone kills Iranian general

Jan 3, 2020

Iraqis fear their country, already weary from years of war, may be dragged into a conflict between the United States and Iran, following the U.S.-targeted killing in Baghdad of Iran’s top general, Qassem Soleimani.

By Dale Gavlak

Mideast Catholic patriarchs pray for those suffering, appeal for dialogue

Dec 26, 2019

Against a backdrop of anti-government protests in Iraq and Lebanon, at Christmas, Catholic patriarchs in the Middle East spoke of continued suffering.

By Doreen Abi Raad

Chaldean patriarch appeals for aid to Christians in Ninevah Plain

Dec 12, 2019

Cardinal Louis Sako, Chaldean Catholic patriarch, has appealed for Christian relief in the towns of the Ninevah Plain, the historical cradle of Christianity in Iraq.

By Doreen Abi Raad