Tag: persecution

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…

Egyptian Christians Hope for Global Solidarity

Interview With Orthodox Coptic Bishop Barnabas El Soryany By Serena Sartini ROME, JAN. 12, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Though forgiveness is the way to respond to the Jan. 1 attack on an Orthodox Coptic…

Pope Benedict condemns attacks on Coptic Christians

VATICAN CITY, JAN. 6, 2011 (Zenit.org).- The 1st January 2011 bombing at the Coptic Church of the Saints in Alexandria that claimed the lives of 21 people leaving the Liturgy is a “despicable act 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…

Iraqi Persecution of Christians: Elderly coupled killed

ROME, DEC. 6, 2010 (Zenit.org). An elderly Christian couple was killed in their home Sunday night in Baghdad, the latest in a string of attacks against Christians that grew particularly severe with…