Tag: eastern catholic

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…

Christmas 2010 Letter from Patriarch Gregorios

Christmas Letter 2010 Gregorios, by the grace of God,  Patriarch of Antioch and of All the East, of Alexandria and of Jerusalem: May divine grace and apostolic blessing rest on and embrace…

A Church That Was Supposed to Disappear

Interview With Cardinal Husar of Kiev, Ukraine KIEV, Ukraine, NOV. 15, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The Church in Ukraine was supposed to disappear. Communists tried to liquidate it in 1946, but believers took the…

26 Injured Iraqis Hospitalized in Rome’s Polyclinic

ROME, NOV. 15, 2010 (Zenit.org).- On Friday, Rome’s Gemelli Polyclinic accepted 26 injured survivors of the Oct. 31 massacre in Baghdad’s Syrian Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. The wounded…

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…

Iraqi Christians Victims of “Unprecedented Ferocity”

Bishop Laments Western Misunderstanding; Urges CourageBy Tony Assaf ROME, NOV. 12, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The Oct. 31 attack on an Iraqi Christian church is being called an “act of unprecedented ferocity.”  This was…