![Syriac Catholic Archbishop Nathaniel Nizar Semaan of Hadiab-Erbil.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/0109Iraq_Archbishop-Nizar-Semaan-e1578578354478.jpg)
IRAQ: Fresh violence threatens our future
A bishop from Erbil – where Iran carried out missile attacks – has warned that any continuation…
![The Great Al-Tahira Church, Baghdeda (credit: Jako Klamer/Aid to the Church in Need)](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/1105Iraq-c-Jako-Klamer_ACN-e1573031221545-scaled.jpg)
IRAQ: Restoring iconic church a turning point for country’s Christians
A long-awaited decision to restore an iconic church in Iraq desecrated by Daesh (ISIS) – one of…
![Blessing of the Middle East Shrine at Farm Street Church](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/1104UK_Middle-East_1-e1573030908999-scaled.jpg)
UK: London shrine honours persecuted Christians
A shrine has opened in London displaying sacred liturgical items desecrated by extremists in Iraq. The 10…
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INTERNATIONAL: Countdown to death of Christianity in parts of Middle East ticking ever louder
The countdown to Christianity’s disappearance in parts of the Middle East is ticking ever louder – and…
![Professor Muna Yako.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/0809Iraq-e1565357191135.jpg)
IRAQ: Christians fear attempt to Islamise Supreme Court
Iraq’s Christians have expressed fears that giving Islamic clerics voting rights in the Federal Supreme Court could…
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IRAQ: Christians ‘close to extinction’
Christianity in Iraq could now be on the brink of completely disappearing – according to one of…
![Iraq, Mossul (Mosul), June 2019 Chaldean Catholic Immaculate Conception Church - ONE OF THE DESTROYED OR DESTRUCTED CHURCHES in Mossul](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/0709Iraq-e1562684389410-scaled.jpg)
IRAQ: Mosul – Barely 40 Christians home
Priest’s struggle to revive Church in city post-Daesh (ISIS)…
![Archbishop Nizar Semaan of Mosul](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Archbishop-Elect-Nizar-Semaan-e1560327760679.jpg)
IRAQ: New archbishop offers new hope
A Catholic priest formerly in London has returned to Iraq to become a bishop ministering to a…
![Picture shows (left to right): Liam Allmark, Head of Public Affairs, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England & Wales; Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, Iraq; Neville Kyrke-Smith, National Director, Aid to the Church in Need (UK); Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster; Father Dominic Robinson SJ, Ecclesiastical Assistant, Aid to the Church in Need (UK); John Neill, Assistant to Archbishop Warda](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/0530Iraq_UK_2-e1559214951397-scaled.jpg)
IRAQ & UK: Cardinal – Save Christian communities in Iraq
The leader of Catholics in England and Wales has issued an urgent call to rebuild persecuted Christian…
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IRAQ & UK: Save us from disappearing – Archbishop asks Foreign Secretary
An Iraqi Church leader has met UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and called on the British Government…
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INTERNATIONAL: Help us re-build – Iraq Archbishop’s plea to UK Government
An urgent appeal to the UK Government has come from a leading bishop in Iraq desperate for…
![ACN project partner Sister Annie Demerjian with Lucine, aged 85, from Aleppo, Syria, and volunteer Fadi.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/0311Middle-East_help-for-Christians-in-Aleppo-e1552469612297-scaled.jpg)
MIDDLE EAST: Million-pound aid package for the region’s suffering Christians
A leading Catholic charity has delivered a fresh £1million aid package offering a lifeline to suffering Christians…