Tag: persecution

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…

Echoes From Crucified Iraq

Voices of Hope, Voice of Faith, Voices of Love By Robert Cheaib ROME, NOV. 15, 2010 (Zenit.org).- When it’s a question of children dying in the name of an ideology that believes…

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…

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…