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November 30, 2018

Pope Francis praises witness of Pakistani Catholic, 'servant of God' killed in 2011

Shahbaz Bhatti was Pakistan’s only Catholic and Christian cabinet minister.
VATICAN – Servant of God Shahbaz Bhatti, a Catholic politician from Pakistan who was killed in 2011, is a witness of how to act with love in the face of hatred, Pope Francis said Friday.
Published in International
October 24, 2017

New Quebec law about state neutrality on religion deemed "discriminatory"

Women in Montreal protest a proposed city Charter of Values in this 2013 file photo.
QUEBEC CITY – The new Quebec law on state neutrality on religion is under fire, as many deem it "discriminatory" against some Muslim women.
Published in Canada
October 20, 2017

Report: Global persecution of Christians at historic high

People pray during Mass in 2016 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Beijing. A Chinese communist party official indicated July 19 that Beijing intends to retain tight grip on the Catholic Church.
New York City, N.Y. - Anti-Christian persecution is “worse than at any time in history” and in many cases genocide and other crimes against humanity “now mean that the Church in core countries and regions faces the possibility of imminent wipe-out,” says a new report from Aid to the Church in Need.
Published in International
October 11, 2017

Iraqi-Kurdish war could be deadly for Christians, warns adviser

A displaced Iraqi woman prays the rosary in 2014 inside St. Joseph Church in Irbil, Iraq. The church gave refuge to thousands of people who were displaced by the Islamic State.
LIVERPOOL, England – Two millennia of Christianity in Iraq could be wiped out completely if war breaks out between Iraqi forces and Kurdish nationalists, warned a U.S. adviser to the Chaldean Catholic Church.
Published in International
April 1, 2015

Syria mission a humanitarian necessity: Chaldean eparch

US Navy F-18E Super Hornets make a formation over northern Iraq before striking Islamic State targets in Syria. Canada is set to join in airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria.

OTTAWA - The Chaldean Catholic Eparch of Canada says Canadian military intervention against the Islamic State is a humanitarian necessity to protect defenceless people in Iraq and Syria.

Published in Canada
November 28, 2014

Syrian bishop urges Pope Francis to raise arms supply issue in Turkey

Chaldean Catholic Bishop Antoine Audo of Aleppo, Syria, poses for a photo in Dublin Nov. 25. Bishop Audo, who is the president of Caritas in Syria, has appealed to Pope Francis to use his time in Turkey to raise the issue of the ongoing supply of arms b eing sent across the Turkish border to rebel factions in northern Syria.
DUBLIN -- The president of Caritas in Syria has appealed to Pope Francis to use his Nov. 28-30 trip to Turkey to raise the issue of the ongoing supply of arms being sent across the Turkish border to rebel factions in northern Syria.

Published in International