Tag: chaldean

Chaldean Diocese in Iraq Building a Hospital and a University

ANKAWA, Iraq, JAN. 31, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org. The Iraqi Chaldean Archdiocese of Arbil is moving forward with plans to construct a hospital and a university, providing services and jobs for thousands of…

Christmas Midnight Liturgies Cancelled in Iraq

KIRKUK, Iraq, DEC. 22, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Due to the ongoing violence against Iraqi Christians, Christmas Eve midnight Mass has been cancelled, and the Church has taken on an attitude of sobriety instead…

Iraqi Bishops to Address European Parliament

STRASBOURG, France, DEC. 9, 2010 (Zenit.org). Next week a delegation of Iraqi bishops will address the European Parliament in Strasbourg about the situation of Christians in their country. “We want Europe and…

Continued Attacks Target Iraqi Christians

BAGHDAD, Iraq, NOV. 11, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Further anti-Christian attacks on Tuesday and Wednesday have closely followed the Oct. 31 massacre that killed 58 in Baghdad’s Syrian Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of…

Eternal Memory: His Graace Bishop Andraos Abousa

Archimandrite John Salter, Chairman, write in Chrysostom, All Saints 2010: A well loved figure on the Chaldean Catholic Church died on17th July 2010 in hospital at Erbil the capital of Northern Iraq. The bishop was…

Bishop Andreas Abouna – Eternal Memory

Bishop Andreas Abouna of Baghdad has died in Erbil, aged 67 having suffered from kidney failure. The bishop, who had served as priest in charge of Chaldean Catholics in Ealing, west London,…