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With Iraqi Christians, Pope extols women brutalized by ISIS
- Mar 7, 2021
Speaking to a crowd that saw its girls and women sold as property by Islamic State terrorists, and on the eve of International Women’s Day, Pope Francis gave a “heartfelt thank-you to all the mothers and women of this country, women of courage who continue to give life, despite the wrongs and hurts.”
For Iraqi Christian youth, papal visit brings Church closer to home
- Feb 20, 2021
A priest from Qaraqosh helping to prepare the city’s youth for Pope Francis’s visit next month has said the fact that a pope is coming has shown young people that the Church, which can often seem far away, is close to them.
Iraqis say for local Christians, papal visit will ‘give us back our smile’
- Dec 14, 2020
Locals say Pope Francis’s upcoming trip to Iraq is both a much-needed sign of encouragement for the battered local Christian community and an opportunity to promote unity and mutual respect among the country’s diverse population.
Vatican official urges Iraq’s Christians to forgive, rebuild
- Dec 28, 2018
The Vatican secretary of state urged Iraqi Christians who have endured years of Islamic extremist persecution to forgive, reconcile and rebuild their broken communities as he celebrated Mass Friday in Iraq’s largest Christian town.
In post-ISIS Christian town, heroism and paradox both abound
- Jun 13, 2018
An effort described as the “Marshall Plan” of the Nineveh Plains features at its core three paradoxes, which is probably an appropriate scenario for the Middle East.
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