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Iraqi Christians are leaving their homeland once again

September 8, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Erbil International Airport entry in Erbil, Iraq. / Credit: thomas koch/Shutterstock

ACI MENA, Sep 8, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
The exodus of Iraqi Christians from their ancestral homeland is once again making headlines. Many families are fleeing … […]

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Nearly 2,000 Christian youth in Iraq gather for prayer, faith formation

August 29, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Nearly 2,000 young people from Christian youth groups across Iraq gathered for the seventh annual Ankawa Youth Gathering 2024 held Aug. 22–24, 2024, in the Mar Elia Shrine Courtyard in Ankawa-Erbil, Iraq. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Ankawa Y… […]

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Iraqi priest recounts night of exodus, ISIS invasion a decade later

August 7, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Father Martin Banni in front of St. Barbara’s Shrine carrying the Eucharist on Liberation Day in 2016. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Martin Banni

ACI MENA, Aug 7, 2024 / 11:21 am (CNA).
Ten years have passed since the night that changed ev… […]

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Chaldean bishops reject blessing of same-sex unions

July 25, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

The 2024 Synod of the Chaldean Church in Baghdad, Iraq. / Credit: Chaldean Patriarchate

Baghdad, Iraq, Jul 25, 2024 / 16:30 pm (CNA).
The bishops of the Chaldean Synod on July 16 issued a statement declaring their position on the blessing of sa… […]

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Kidnapped by ISIS, priest in Iraq recounts story of facing fear with faith

April 14, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Archbishop Mazen Mattuka with Father Pius Affas at the Monastery of St. Banham and Sarah in Iraq. / Source: Facebook page of the Monastery of St. Banham and Sarah

Mosul, Iraq, Apr 14, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
The plight of Mosul’s Christian commu… […]

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This tailoring shop in Jordan helps Iraqi refugees knit their lives back together

March 3, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Woolen scarves produced at the Rafedìn tailoring workshop in Amman, Jordan. The workshop is hosted in the premises of the Latin parish of Mar Yousef and it provides employment for approximately 20 young Iraqi women who sought refuge in Jordan. /… […]

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How this religious order’s foundress found peace in the Catholic Church

September 10, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Mother Olga, founders of the Daughters of Mary of Nazareth, described what it was like growing up in war-torn Iraq: “It was really Our Lady who gave me hope … she has been always my mother, mother of my life.” / EWTN News In-Depth segment screen… […]

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French president visits Catholic church in Iraq damaged by ISIS

August 31, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

French President Emmanuel Macron tours Our Lady of the Hour Church in Mosul, Iraq, Aug. 29, 2021. / Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images.

Rome Newsroom, Aug 31, 2021 / 06:30 am (CNA).
French President Emmanuel Macron met this week with Iraqi Chris… […]

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Pope Francis ‘deeply saddened’ by Baghdad market bombing

July 20, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis, pictured on Oct. 4, 2014. / Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk.

Vatican City, Jul 20, 2021 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis is “deeply saddened” by a bombing at a market in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, that killed at least 30 people.In a teleg… […]

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Iraqi archbishop: We must ensure ISIS genocide is not repeated

July 16, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, Iraq speaks at Georgetown University on Feb. 15, 2018. / Jonah McKeown/CNA

Washington D.C., Jul 16, 2021 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
Grateful for aid to Iraqi Christian genocide victims, the Chaldean Catholic archbishop o… […]

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