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10 years after Mosul’s destruction, will Christians come back?

June 14, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

An unknown security guard stands at the entrance of a church destroyed during the fighting with ISIS in Mosul, Iraq. / Credit: CHRIS POOK/Shutterstock

ACI MENA, Jun 14, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
The fall of Mosul, Iraq, to ISIS in 2014 wasn’t the … […]

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As new altar is consecrated at destroyed Iraq church, former parishioner recalls ‘wonderful days’

April 18, 2024 Catholic News Agency 15

Chaldean Patriarch Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako presides over the dedication ceremony of the altar of the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Mosul, Iraq. April 5, 2024. / Credit: Fadi Dinkha/ACI Mena

CNA Newsroom, Apr 18, 2024 / 06:00 am (C… […]

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Church destroyed by ISIS in Iraq completely restored 10 years later

January 11, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

The Dominican Church of Our Lady of the Hour, one of the most emblematic in Mosul, northern Iraq, has been completely restored after the destruction carried out by Islamic State terrorists 10 years ago. / Credit: ACI Mena/YouTube

ACI Prensa Sta… […]

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Iraq’s president revokes recognition of Catholic leader 

July 17, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako / ACI MENA

Washington D.C., Jul 17, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA).
Cardinal Louis Sako, patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, announced Saturday that he is withdrawing from his seat in Baghdad after Iraqi President Abdu… […]

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Vatican’s ambassador during Iraq war: Under Saddam Hussein ‘the Church was respected’

March 21, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

A priest surveys the damage caused by ISIS at a Catholic Church in Batnaya, Iraq. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Stephen Rasche

Washington D.C., Mar 21, 2023 / 10:41 am (CNA).
The papal nuncio who served in Iraq at the time of the U.S. invasion 20… […]

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Hungary stands out for its aid to beleaguered Christians in Iraq. Here’s why

December 14, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Hungarian President Katalin Novák (center) visited Iraq in early December 2022, stopping at a majority-Christian town that has been rebuilt in recent years almost entirely with Hungarian support, following years of occupation and devastation by … […]

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Iraqi government must support Christians, Chaldean Catholic patriarch says

December 2, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako / ACI MENA

Erbil, Iraq, Dec 2, 2022 / 11:45 am (CNA).
ACI MENA, the Arabic-language new service based in Erbil, Iraq, conducted an exclusive interview Nov. 21 with Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Cardinal Louis Sako at t… […]

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Nigeria bishop addresses the evils of Islamist extremism at interfaith summit

November 3, 2022 Catholic News Agency 7

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Diocese of Sokoto, Nigeria / EWTN/YouTube screen shot

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 3, 2022 / 17:30 pm (CNA).
Before a gathering of religious leaders in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority co… […]

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Iraqi Christians face uncertain future after eviction from ‘Virgin Mary compound’ in Baghdad

October 19, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

An Iraqi woman holding a rosary. / Elise Harris/CNA.

CNA Newsroom, Oct 19, 2022 / 09:10 am (CNA).
The Chaldean Patriarch Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako and Auxiliary Bishop Basilio Yaldo of Baghdad, Iraq, recently visited a Baghdad compound from w… […]

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Catholic charity sees ‘signs of hope’ for Iraq’s beleaguered Christians

May 10, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

The Catholic University of Erbil in Ankawa, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Credit: Aid to the Church in Need. / null

Königstein, Germany, May 10, 2022 / 08:00 am (CNA).
A Catholic charity said on Monday that there are “signs of hope” for Iraq… […]

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