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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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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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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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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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Full text: Pope Francis’ prayer of suffrage for the victims of war in Mosul

March 7, 2021 CNA Daily News 1

Mosul, Iraq, Mar 7, 2021 / 02:20 am (CNA).- Here is the full text of Pope Francis’ prayer of suffrage for the victims of the war, delivered March 7, 2021, at Hosh al-Bieaa (Church square) in Mosul, Iraq.

The Holy Father introduces the … […]

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Pope Francis prays for victims of war in ruins of Mosul

March 7, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

CNA Staff, Mar 7, 2021 / 02:15 am (CNA).- Pope Francis prayed on Sunday for the victims of war in the rubble-strewn city of Mosul, where the Islamic State declared its caliphate in 2014.

The pope offered a prayer of suffrage March 7 for the thousands … […]

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