After years of exile, Dominican sisters return to Iraq’s Nineveh Plain
Erbil, Iraq - After three years in exile from Iraq's Nineveh Plain while it was occupied by the Islamic State, the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena are returning to
This priest preserves Iraqi culture found in historic manuscripts
ince 1750 many antique manuscripts had been kept in the library of the Dominican monastery in Mosul. They were moved from the monastery starting in 2007, amid the backdrop of
People returning ‘in huge numbers’ to Nineveh region
The evidence of Iraq’s shrinking Christian population was shown recently by the news of the Vatican ordering the closure of eight churches in Baghdad The Iraqi Ministry for Migration and
Latest martyr from Rome’s Irish College — an Iraqi
Father Ragheed is referred to as "Father Ragheed of the Eucharist." The mystery of the Body and Blood of Christ was his strength and support. Pope Francis recently visited St
Iraq: Catholic woman elected mayor of Alqosh
Chaldean Catholic Lara Yussif Zara is the new mayor of Alqosh, the small town of Nineveh Plain, inhabited mostly by Christians, which for three years was on the border with
What the Holy See told the UN about Middle East Christians
New York City, N.Y. - The Middle East needs peace, human rights, and the continued presence of Christians, a Holy See diplomat told the U.N. Security Council Tuesday. “Christian communities have
Aleppo, Mozart’s Mass in the church still in ruins. The Maronite Archbishop: It is a sign of the rebirth of the martyred city
Aleppo - The Maronite cathedral of Sant'Elia, in the historic Al-Jdayde area, is still without a roof, hit by the many mortar blows that devastated it during the Syrian conflict.
Middle Eastern Christians Propose a Safe Haven in Iraq
Representatives of the Assyrian, Chaldean and Syriac Christian political parties have produced a position paper which outlines their desire to establish self-governance. In the very land from which Christianity was
Chaldean Patriarch: “sadness and concern” for the issue of Iraqi Christians whom the US government wants to expel
Baghdad - The Chaldean Church closely follows, with sadness and concern, the developments in the judicial proceedings with which the United States of America is preparing to expel 114 Iraqis,
Cardinal Zenari: signs of “improvement” in Syria but Christians continue to suffer
In Aleppo, up to two-thirds of the Christian population has left the city, about half has left the rest of the country. Jobs must be provided for those who remain,