Tag: Iraq
ISIS Horror: Thousands In Mass Graves
HARDAN, Iraq (AP) — Surrounded by smoke and flames, the sound of gunshots echoing around him, the young man crouched in the creek for hours, listening to the men in his family die. On the other side of the mountain, another survivor peered through binoculars as the handcuffed men of neighboring villages were shot and… Read More ›
On the Run from the Islamic State, Iraqi Christians Are Trying to Save Their Heritage
VICE News: The international community is struggling to come up with a strategy to defeat the Islamic State (IS) — but on the ground in northern Iraq, a Roman Catholic priest has found his own way to fight the jihadists. Father Gabriel Tooma is not going after them with weapons. He is not involved with any… Read More ›
Iraqi Christians have lost everything – except their faith, nun tells Congress
Washington D.C., May 13, 2015 / 03:41 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Having lost their homes, their heritage and their sense of dignity, Iraqi Christians victimized by the Islamic State feel abandoned by earthly powers, but their faith in God has only grown, an Iraqi nun told members of Congress May 13. The faith of homeless Iraqi… Read More ›
Three weeks as an Islamic State captive – one woman tells her story
Erbil, Iraq, Mar 31, 2015 / 04:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The woman was just 19 years old when she was captured by militants from the Islamic State. Caring for her young son and pregnant with her second child, she was separated from her husband and told that she would be forced to marry a member… Read More ›
Iraqi priests work to save historic Christian writings from Islamic State
03Erbil, Iraq, Jan 29, 2015 / 02:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Effectively exiled from his friary in Mosul by the Islamic State last year, Fr. Najeeb Michaeel, O.P. is working to preserve Christian manuscripts through digitization, recording a memory of Iraq’s Christian past. Fr. Najeeb Michaeel is an Iraqi native who studied in the U.S., and… Read More ›
Pope Francis – Petitions UN, Muslims and Christians to address ‘ongoing genocide’ in Iraq
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) – Pope Francis lamented, “it seems that the awareness of the value of human life has been lost; it seems that the person does not count and can be sacrificed to other interests. And all of this, unfortunately, with the indifference of many.” Pope Francis was speaking about the atrocities… Read More ›
Baghdad Priest: ‘Christianity Could Be at an End Here’
(CNSNews.com) – The Rev. Andrew White, vicar of St. George’s Anglican Church in Baghdad, said Tuesday that he believes Christianity may be at an end in Iraq. “The future’s very bleak,” Father White said in an interview with CNSNews.com. “For the first time, I’ve had to consider the very real fact that Christianity could be… Read More ›
Iraqi refugees in desperate need of aid, relief worker says
Rome, Italy, Aug 26, 2014 / 02:37 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As summer comes to a close and colder temperatures approach, Iraqi refugees will increasingly rely upon the international community to meet their needs, an aid worker on the ground in Kurdistan said.Kris Ozar, head of programming for Catholic Relief Service Egypt, has been traveling back… Read More ›
“Absolutely abhorrent” the suffering of Christians in Iraq
The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference which comprises Bishops of South Africa, Botswana and Swaziland have denounced the violence in Gaza and described as absolutely abhorrent that the Christian community of Iraq is suffering martyrdom and expulsion from their country. The Bishops’ statement issued by the Archbishop of Pretoria, Most Rev. William Slattery OFM, says… Read More ›
Iraqi bishop warns that West will suffer from Islamism
Erbil, Iraq, Aug 19, 2014 / 06:17 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul has warned that Christians around the world would face suffering from Islamists as his diocese has, and decisions that challenge the underpinnings of Western political ideas.“Our sufferings today are the prelude of those you, Europeans and Western Christians, will also… Read More ›