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New Patriarch Brings Ministry Experience From America VATICAN CITY, JAN. 23, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI is mindful of Eastern Catholics living outside of their motherlands, and is asking the new patriarch of Antioch of the Syrians to help them protect their spiritual heritage.The Pope said this today when he addressed …

  VATICAN CITY, JAN. 27, 2009 (Zenit.org).- One of Benedict XVI’s collaborators is noting the Pope’s continuing concern for Middle East Christians.Archbishop Fernando Filoni, of the Vatican Secretariat of State and former apostolic nuncio in Iraq, spoke today of the Holy Father’s worry. He was speaking at the general assembly …

VATICAN CITY – 27 January 2009 – 750 words Yesterday the Holy Father received prelates from the Chaldean Church, who have just completed their ad limina visit. In the course of their audience with the Pope, the bishops gave him a cape used by Archbishop Faraj Rahho of Mosul and …

Laments Political Involvement in Anti-Christian Violence   BAGHDAD, NOV. 11, 2008 (Zenit.org).- An Iraqi archbishop is hoping the new U.S. president will urge the war-torn country to respect minority rights. Archbishop Jean Sleiman of Baghdad told the charity group Aid to the Church in Need that it is important for …

By Kim Gamel MOSUL, Iraq – AP — Iraqi Christians still reeling from a string of murders last fall find themselves caught in the middle of a power struggle between Kurds and Sunni Arabs that was fueled by this weekend’s elections. The minority community has faced years of violence and …

Nineveh, Iraq – AINA — Yesterday’s provincial elections in Iraq’s Nineveh province and its insurgency-struck capital Mosul gave the chance to Sunni Arabs to reclaim their influence in a province where they are the majority. Preliminary results indicate the Sunnis now have a majority of seats in the new provincial …

Mideast Prelates Lament Media Silence ROME, JAN. 25, 2009 (Zenit.org).- There is a “deafening silence” in the international community about the plight of Iraqi Christians, attest prelates from the wartorn country. The bishops, in Rome for their five-yearly meeting with the Pope, spoke with Vatican Radio about the situation their …

Middle East FeaturesBy Shereen El-Gazzar and Abdelghani YehiaJan 27, 2009, 4:04 GMT Mosul – Fifty three-year-old Umm Farah, a mother of three, had no choice but to flee from Mosul to Baghdad on a wintry night. Like many others, she says, she was subject to death threats simply because she …

Published: February 02, 2009 MOSUL, Iraq, Feb. 2 (UPI) — The fate of the Christian minority in Iraq is uncertain in the wake of provincial elections and historic periods of calm in the country, observers say. Due in part to a quota system for religious minorities, Christians should win at …

  WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (UPI) — U.S. lawmakers called on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to take action to protect the Christian minority population in Iraq. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., a Chaldean Christian, and Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., a consultant to Congress’ Iraq Study Group, wrote Clinton on the need …