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Remembering the night the ‘city of Christians’ fell to ISIS in Iraq

August 6, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Duha Sabah Abdullah, the mother of David Abdullah, who was killed when ISIS shelled the Catholic city of Qaraqosh in Aug 6, 2014, meeting Pope Francis in March, 2021 in Iraq. / Photo credit: Raghed Ninwaya/ACI MENA

Qaraqosh, Iraq, Aug 6, 2023 /… […]

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… […]