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“Nous prions pour sa Sainteté, le pape, qui est à l’hôpital”, dit l’évêque Andraos Abouna, en s’adressant aux fidèles rassemblés par cette matinée pluvieuse dans l’église de l’Assomption du quartier Mansour dans l’ouest de Bagdad. “Nous prions pour sa guérison, lui qui s’est sacrifié pour l’humanitéet qui a fait face …

Few movies filmed in foreign languages ever become American blockbusters. Not only has The Passion of The Christ done so, it has rocketed to the top of the charts, grossing over $200 million in its first 12 days—a record rivaling Peter Jackson’s Return of the King. Not bad for a …

CT Online Assistant Editor Rob Moll spoke and e-mailed with Dr. Naby about the Assyrians and their struggle to maintain their heritage. ROB MOLL: Assyrians have been in Iraq for a long time. Could you tell us about their history in the region? EDEN NABY: Iraq is a recent term. …

With Saddam Hussein’s government newly deposed, you might expect Iraq’s approximately 300,000 Christians to be celebrating. But while nearly all expressed their relief over Easter that most of the fighting seems to be over, many fear an Islamic takeover of the government once the Americans and British withdraw. Hussein’s government, …

While the winds of an Iraq war are gusting ominously, peace advocates from across the religious and ethnic spectrum are joining forces. Pope John Paul II turned more than a few heads on Valentine’s Day by hosting Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz at the Vatican and asking God to …

Every Christian has an opinion on the impending possibility—now, it seems, likelihood—of war with Iraq. A bishop from President Bush’s United Methodist Church appeared in a recent television commercial opposing war with Iraq. The National Council of Churches and its 36 member denominations have backed similar protests. President Bush has …

“La solution consiste essentiellement ? lever la mainmise de la Syrie sur le Liban, qui doit recouvrer sa souverainet? et son ind?pendance”, a affirm? ? la presse le d?put? Nassib Lahoud, apr?s un entretien avec le vice-ministre syrien des Affaires ?trang?res Walid Mouallem.“Tel est l’objectif central. Tout autre voie maintiendra …

(AINA) — An armed group under the leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) attacked Mr. Behnam Habib Ayub Habash. Mr. Habash is in charge of the office for selling land in the area of Hamdaniya in northern Iraq. The armed assailants accused Mr. Habash of registering land in the …

Even as Iraqi Muslims proclaimed Sunday’s elections a success, the Christians of that country complained that they were prevented from voting both in Iraq and in the United States. Christian Assyrians, 1 million of whom reside in Iraq, claim that Kurdish officials in North Iraq blocked the delivery of ballot …

GENEVA — Reliable sources on the ground in many Iraqi villages say they were deprived of their right to vote in Sunday’s election, according to Philippe LeBlanc, OP, NGO representative at the United Nations in Geneva. Nearly 150,000 Iraqis were unable to cast their ballots. Eight largely Christian villages in …