Tag: chaldean

Buses of Christian Students Bombed in Iraq

MOSUL, Iraq, MAY 3, 2010 thanks to Zenit.org Four people were killed and 171 were wounded Sunday when a bus convoy carrying Christian students to the University of Mosul was attacked. Chaldean…

Chrsitians Flee Mosul, Iraq

MOSUL, Iraq, FEB. 18, 2010 thanks to Zenit.org The Church’s youngest archbishop is asking for prayers as more and more of his faithful leave Mosul because of a violent intimidation campaign that…

Special Synod for the Middle East

Zenit.org carries here the Lineamenta, or Guidelines, now agreed for the Special Synod on the Catholic Churches in the Middle East, which will take place in October 2010. The theme will be…

Pope’s concern over attacks on churches in Iraq

The Vatican Information Service reports, 14th July 2009: Pope Benedict XVI has expressed his concern over last weekend’s attacks on eight Christian churches in Baghdad and Mosul, Iraq, which left four people…

Syriac-Catholic Liturgy at Santa Maria Maggiore

From the Rorate Caeli blog (where more pictures are available): “His Beatitude Mar Ignatius Joseph III, Syrian Catholic Patriarch of Antioch celebrated a Patriarchal Divine Liturgy in the Syro-Antiochene Rite June 18,…

Who are Eastern Catholics? – Part One

Catherine Alexander speaks with Father Maximos of Holy Resurrection Romanian Catholic Monastery in Newberry Springs, CA about Eastern Catholic identity.

Christianity in Iraq Seminar Day VI

The Centre of Eastern and Orthodox Christianity at the School Of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, will host its sixth seminar on Saturday April 25th 2009 at the Brunei…