Tag: syriac

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…

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…

Two Syrian Orthodox Churches reopen in Turkey after 30 years

Hundreds of Syrians from all over the world attended the inaugural Liturgies yesterday of the 4th century Mor Eşayo and the 6th century Mor Kuryakuş churches, reopened after 30 years, having been…

New Apostolic Visitor for the UK’s Syro-Malankara Catholics

Zenit reports, 14 July 2010: Pope Benedict XVI has erected an Apostolic Exarchate for the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church in the United States, and appointed Father Thomas Naickamparampil, 49, of the Major Archieparchy…