This is surely a miracle. CNA: Seven young women in Kirkuk credit the Virgin Mary for their safety after spending a harrowing eight hours hidden underneath beds while Islamic State group fighters used their room as a hideout during an assault … Continue reading
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Interview With Catholic President of Iraqi Christian Relief Council
National Catholic Register: In this interview with the Register, Juliana Taimoorazy, founder and president of the Iraqi Christian Relief Council and a fellow at the Philos Project, speaks about her work as a Catholic and Assyrian descendent of genocide survivors … Continue reading
Iraq: Every Parish Given Holy Door Privilege of Mercy
Catholic News Agency: The Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Erbil has asked that a holy door be opened in every church so that the tens of thousands of Christian refugees under his care may more easily experience the benefits of the jubilee … Continue reading
Catholic College Opens in Iraqi Kurdistan
This is an incredible achievement in a land torn by ISIS terrorists. AsiaNews: Msgr. Warda, Archbishop of Erdil: “I hope that all the students – Christians, Muslims, Yazidis – will be able to breathe the Catholic faith and its fundamental … Continue reading
Iraq:Terrorists Have Forced All Christians to Flee Mosul
Zenit: A graphic account of the Islamist take-over of Mosul and the people’s desperate struggle to flee to safety has come from the city’s Chaldean bishop. Speaking today to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need, Archbishop Amel Nona … Continue reading
Rome’s Opposition to American Invasion of Iraq Was Correct
Catholic Culture’s Phil Lawler: Writing for the National Catholic Reporter (I know, I know), Sister Maureen Fiedler reports on an interview with Francis Rooney, who served as US ambassador to the Holy See under President George W. Bush: I asked Rooney specifically about … Continue reading