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December 2, 2016

Syriac Catholic patriarch 'horrified' after seeing Iraqi 'ghost towns'

People return to their village near Mosul, Iraq, after it was liberated from Islamic State militants Oct. 21.

BEIRUT – The Syriac Catholic patriarch said he was horrified to see widespread devastation and what he called "ghost towns" during a recent visit to northern Iraq.

Published in International
January 25, 2016

Syriac bishop for Canada says he will prioritize refugees, vocations

Syrian refugees wait at the border near Royashed, Jordan, Jan. 14. Bishop Antoine Nassif, Canada's first bishop for Syriac Catholics, says he'll make refugees a priority.

BEIRUT - The newly ordained bishop for the Syriac Catholic Church in Canada pledged to make his first priority the suffering and spiritual needs of beleaguered Syriacs seeking refuge in Canada.

Published in Canada
November 23, 2015

Syriac patriarch says Western nations have betrayed Mideast Christians

A boy touches his crying father during a Nov. 19 protest by angry migrants from Pakistan and Morocco who blocked a section of the Greece-Macedonia border after Macedonia began granting entry only to refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.

BEIRUT - The head of the Syriac Catholic Church has accused Western governments of betraying Christians in the Middle East and said it was "a big lie" to suggest Islamic State could be defeated with airstrikes.

Published in International