Former Irish president pledges to spend retirement challenging Catholic Church
- Sep 25, 2020
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New report warns of ‘bleak’ outlook for Iraqi Christians
- Jul 8, 2020
A new report from Catholic charity organization Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) says that unless immediate action is taken, Christians in Iraq could dwindle to a staggeringly low number due to fears over security and corruption.
Middle East patriarchs speak of faith, hope, during Easter homilies
- Apr 14, 2020
Catholic patriarchs of the Middle East, in Easter messages from churches barren of the faithful due to the coronavirus, lamented the scourge of the pandemic while evoking the hope of the Resurrection.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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