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November 5, 2019

Bangkok asylum seekers appeal to Pope Francis

Pakistani asylum-seekers in Thailand hope Pope Francis will recognize their plight during his Nov. 20-23 visit to Thailand.

BANGKOK -- When Pope Francis celebrates Mass in a Bangkok sports stadium Nov. 21, tens of thousands of Catholics from across Thailand will congregate to celebrate with him.

Published in International
August 21, 2019

Christian refugee flees from more threats

Christian refugee flees from more threats

A Pakistani Christian refugee in Thailand, begging for help from Canada, has had his family’s location revealed for the second time in a month.

Published in International
January 24, 2018

Chaldean Bishop Biwai Soro is on a new world mission

Bishop Biwai Soro is the new leader of Canada's Chaldean Catholic community, which has grown in recent years because of the refugee Christians fleeing ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
Chaldean Bishop Biwai Soro had been a priest and pastor for more than a decade when he stumbled on a simpler, more basic understanding of priesthood.
Published in Canada
October 12, 2017

Syrian priest builds new life away from war zone

Fr. Issa Maamar and his family — wife Rima Chahin and children Jean Pierre, 14, and Anna Marie, 6 — were forced to flee Syria in 2016 and have settled in Edmonton where Maamar leads the Greek-Melkite Church.
EDMONTON – Fr. Issa Maamar knows how it feels to sing the Ave Maria in Damascus while rockets are blowing up your children’s schools and your hometown.
Published in Features
January 30, 2017

Trump ban will hurt Christian refugees fleeing conflict, says Iraqi Archbishop

Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, who is affected by Donald Trump's travel ban, says it's difficult to distinguish between Christians and Muslims.

ROME – As confusion continued over President Donald Trump’s ban on refugees and travellers from seven Muslim countries, Catholic leaders from Iraq are warning that the policy change will hurt thousands of Iraqi Christians languishing in Middle East refugee camps.

Published in International