Iraq Archives - Page 3 of 43

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

No Christmas tinsel in Iraq, in solidarity with protesters

Dec 11, 2019

The Christmas tree in the middle of a central Baghdad plaza occupied by anti-government protesters is bare, save for portraits of those killed under fire from security forces. A tribute, the demonstrators explained, to a recent decision by Iraq’s Christians to call off seasonal festivities to honor the losses.

By Samya Kullab

Mideast Catholic leaders call for peace, stability in region

Dec 2, 2019

Amid deadly protests in Iraq, a people’s uprising in Lebanon and continued suffering in Syria, Catholic leaders of the Middle East called upon officials of their homelands to “ensure safety, peace and tranquility and stability for their citizens.”

By Doreen Abi Raad