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August 27, 2019

Syriac Catholic Church reestablishes diocese in northern Iraq

Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church, and Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan share Christmas greetings Dec. 24, 2018, in Bkerke, Lebanon. To support the faithful and encourage them to stay in their homeland, the Syriac Catholic Church has reestablished a diocese for the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

BERUIT -- To support the faithful and encourage them to stay in their homeland, the Syriac Catholic Church has reestablished a diocese for the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

Published in International
December 17, 2018

Iraqi priest rebuilds church in war-torn Mosul, hopes returning Christians will follow

Girls navigate a muddy street Dec. 5 as they make their way to school amid the rubble of the Old City of Mosul, Iraq. when Islamic State controlled the city,most children did not attend school.
MOSUL, Iraq (CNS) -- Christians are cautiously returning to Mosul, the once-bustling Iraqi city that for three years was the capital of the caliphate established by the Islamic State group.
Published in International
December 18, 2017

Aid to Church in Need helps Iraqi Christians return home

People leave a Catholic church after a service in a displaced-persons camp in Ankawa, Iraq, April 2016.

MONTREAL – Now that the military in Iraq has declared ISIS defeated, about 30,000 Christians have returned to their villages in the Nineveh Plains with help from Aid to the Church in Need.

Published in Canada
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