Iraqi refugees Archives

Chaldean Catholics celebrate Mary, culture, family at Ohio national shrine

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Aug 20, 2019

With its one stoplight and surrounding cornfields, the small Ohio village of Carey seems an unlikely travel destination. Yet, once a year, an estimated 5,000 visitors swell the town population to more than double.

Pope Francis meets with Nobel Peace prize winner Nadia Murad

Catholic News Agency, Vatican
Dec 21, 2018

Pope Francis met Thursday with the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad, a survivor of ISIS enslavement and an advocate for human rights and persecuted Iraqi minorities.

Chaldean leaders pleased that U.S. aid helps Iraqi religious minorities

Catholic News Service, Global Church
Jul 2, 2018

A Chaldean Catholic archbishop in Iraq said he and other bishops were “delighted” that the United States Agency for International Development is making good on its pledge to help Iraq’s historic Christian, Yazidi and other religious minorities rebuild their lives after attacks by Islamic State militants.

Prelate kidnapped by Al Qaeda says Trump helping Middle East Christians

Global Church
Mar 23, 2018

The United States has been more helpful toward Christians escaping persecution in Iraq compared to most European countries, according to Archbishop Saad Sirop Hanna, the Apostolic Visitor for Chaldeans Residing in Europe, who was kidnapped by Al Qaeda militants in 2006.

Iraqi Catholic leaders urge Christians: Remain steadfast in Lent

Catholic News Service, Global Church
Feb 23, 2018

Iraqi Catholic leaders are urging Christians to remain steadfast in this Lenten season as they encounter challenges of the so-called Islamic State’s legacy in their historic lands.

In Turkey, most Iraqi refugees miss school as families await resettlement

Catholic News Service, Global Church
Nov 13, 2017

For Iraqi Christians, Turkey represents a stop on the way to a new life in countries such as Australia, Canada and United States, where Iraqi communities are already well established. Although children have the right to education and resources exist, most families say they do not see the point of sending the children to school in Turkey, a Muslim-majority country where they do not speak the language.