![Christian family home rebuilt in the Nineveh Plains](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/0213Iraq_Christian-family-home-rebuilt-Nineveh--e1521215919642-scaled.jpg)
IRAQ: Charity gives aid to repair 2,000 homes for Christians
Christians forced out of their ancestral lands in northern Iraq are rejoicing after a leading Catholic charity…
![Helda Khalid Jacob Hindi, 10, Iraqi school girl](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/0125_Iraq_-Helda-Khalid-Jacob-Hindi-10-Iraqi-school-girl-©-Aid-to-the-Church-in-Need-e1517412520473-scaled.jpg)
IRAQ: “God has been with me always”
10-year-old girl describes ordeal fleeing Daesh (ISIS) After nearly three years in exile in Kurdistan, a 10-year-old…
![His Beatitude Raphael Sako and Chaldean Bishop Shlemon Warduni celebrating the first Mass in Mosul since 2014, with Syriac Catholic Archbishop Mouche and Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Nicodemus Dauod Matti Sharaf participating.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/0103Iraq_MidnightMass-in-Mosul-church_2.jpg)
IRAQ: Mass comes back to Mosul
The bells rang out in Mosul for the first time in more than three years when a…
![Christmas gifts being prepared for children from Iraq's Nineveh Plains](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1208_1Iraq-Sister-Ni’am-and-volunteers-preparing-ACN-Christmas-parcels-in-the-highest-available-quality-©-Aid-to-the-Church-in-Need.jpg)
IRAQ: Persecuted youngsters to receive Christmas gifts
Youngsters in Iraq whose lives were turned upside down by Daesh (ISIS) will each receive a Christmas…
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INTERNATIONAL: Christians in Iraq to join in #RedWednesday
Persecuted Christians in Iraq are to take part in tomorrow’s #RedWednesday as the campaign to promote faith…
![Lamborghini sports car presented to Pope Francis will be auctioned off and the proceeds donated to charity, including ACN](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/1115-Vatican_1.jpg)
IRAQ: Pope auctions Lamborghini to support Christians
A brand-new, special edition Lamborghini Huracan sports car presented to Pope Francis will be auctioned off and…
![Fr Salar Kajo, Diocese of Alqosh, Iraq](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1016Iraq_Fr-Salar-Kajo-scaled.jpg)
IRAQ: Army shells town – but priest refuses to leave
A senior Iraqi priest refused to leave Teleskov, northern Iraq – even after military forces gathered there…
![Father Salar Kajo, pictured speaking at ACN's Annual Event on the 14th October 2017 (© Weenson Oo/picture-u.net)](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/WOO53298-scaled.jpg)
IRAQ: Pray for peace
Iraqi priest caring for vulnerable Christians issues prayer appeal A priest caring for persecuted Christians in northern…
![Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil (© Aid to the Church in Need)](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1003Iraq_Archbishop-Bashar-Warda-of-Erbil-scaled.jpg)
IRAQ: Christians’ future threatened by referendum crisis
Church leaders in northern Iraq have issued a stark warning that the crisis triggered by last week’s…
![Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin with ACN’s international general secretary Philipp Ozores](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/0929Iraq-scaled.jpg)
IRAQ: Cardinal highlights threat to Christianity
Pope’s top minister thanks ACN for helping faithful ‘endure’ persecution The Vatican’s Secretary of State has warned…
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INTERNATIONAL: Speaking up for Suffering Christians
Christian leaders who close to the front line of persecution are coming to the UK next month…
![Aid to the Church in Need Middle East projects’ coordinator Father Andrzej Halemba distributes olive tree to a Christian family at St George’s Church, Bartela (© Aid to the Church in Need)](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/0914Iraq_1-scaled.jpg)
IRAQ: Celebrations mark return of Christians to Nineveh
About 500 Christian families – up to 2,500 people – celebrated their long-awaited homecoming to Iraq’s Nineveh…