IRAQ: Religious Order returns to Eden
After being forced to flee because of fierce fighting, an Iraqi religious order has finally returned to…
IRAQ: Preserving Christianity in Iraq 10 years after Daesh invasion
The only Chaldean Catholic priest in the UK has expressed his gratitude for the international community’s support…
IRAQ: Christian community still needing help 10 years after Mosul invasion
On the 10th anniversary of Daesh (ISIS) seizing Mosul – heralding its invasion of the Nineveh Plains…
IRAQ: New Catholic kindergarten is ‘a dream come true’
Iraqi Christian parents have expressed great joy about the opening of a Catholic kindergarten in Erbil, kindling…
IRAQ: God forbid the spread of war
People in Iraq are terrified that the war in the Holy Land will engulf the region, according…
IRAQ: Archbishop speaks of community’s pain after wedding blaze deaths
Iraq’s Christians have been plunged into mourning, after a fire at a wedding celebration left more than…
IRAQ: University education offering a future for Iraq’s Christian community
A scholarship programme at an Iraqi Catholic university – which is now entering its second year –…
IRAQ: Patriarch – President’s decree reversal is a ‘humiliation for the Church’
The leader of Iraq’s largest Christian community has condemned a Presidential order overturning a decree which recognises…
IRAQ: Cardinal to leave Baghdad after presidential decree
Iraqi Cardinal Louis Raphael I Sako has announced he will “withdraw from the patriarchal seat in Baghdad”…
IRAQ: Christian youth festival provides hope for future of Church
More than 1,800 young Iraqi Christians from more than 60 parishes across seven archdioceses took part in…
IRAQ: New Iraq convent is a milestone in Christians’ return
A Catholic charity has hailed the re-opening of a convent in a village devastated by extremists as…
INTERNATIONAL/UK: Report shows persecution of Christians is getting worse
Jihadists and nationalists are driving increased persecution of Christians around the world – according to a report…