Tag: iraq

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…

Iraqi Attack: Protest from UK Parliament

LONDON, NOV. 10, 2010 (Zenit.org).- At noon on Monday, Catholics worldwide took part in simultaneous peaceful rallies in protest of the British government’s lack of response to the Oct. 31 massacre that…

Christians Fearful After Baghdad Attacks

Zenit interview with Latin Catholic Archbishop Sleiman  BAGHDAD, Iraq, NOV. 4, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Last Sunday’s terrorist attack on the Our Lady of Salvation Syrian Catholic Church, and a subsequent bombing on Tuesday,…

7 Killed in Syrian Catholic Church in Baghdad

Hostages Taken During Sunday Liturgy BAGHDAD, Iraq, OCT. 31, 2010 (Zenit.org).- A hostage situation in the Sayidat al-Najat Syrian Catholic cathedral of Baghdad today ended when Iraqi police stormed the church. At…

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…

Iraq to the Holy See: We Need our Christians

Habbeb Mohammed Hadi Ali Al-Sadr, the Ambassador of Iraq to the Holy See has asked Pope Benedict XVI “to encourage Christians to return to their country with a willing spirit for its…

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,…