News

Berlin – DPA ++ Iraq is sliding into anarchy, with religious minorities especially at risk when the state loses its ability to function properly, the Catholic archbishop of Baghdad said in a German radio interview Wednesday. Christians inhabited Iraq even before Islam, but today there are only an estimated 800,000 …

Washington – AINA ++ Congressman Frank Wolf (10th district, Virginia) and Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (14th district, California) sent a letter (PDF) to Iraq’s primer minister Nouri al-Maliki, who is in Washington this week to meet Obama. The letter expressed concern over the latest church bombings in Iraq. In their letter, …

By Stephen Starr DAMASCUS – atimes ++ Attacks on six churches in Iraq early this month and the targeting of Christians across the country have served as a microcosm of the difficulties facing Christians in the Middle East today. Migration, whether forced or to pursue a better life and employment …

By Stephen Starr DAMASCUS – atimes ++ Attacks on six churches in Iraq early this month and the targeting of Christians across the country have served as a microcosm of the difficulties facing Christians in the Middle East today. Migration, whether forced or to pursue a better life and employment …

By: Sgt. Frank Vaughn BASRA, Iraq – Theredbulls ++ Though small in stature, his smile and his presence filled the room as he entered. He paused to shake hands and exchange kisses with U.S. military leaders. He posed for a few photographs, then settled into a couch to begin a …

By: Sgt. Frank Vaughn BASRA, Iraq – Theredbulls ++ Though small in stature, his smile and his presence filled the room as he entered. He paused to shake hands and exchange kisses with U.S. military leaders. He posed for a few photographs, then settled into a couch to begin a …

The Honorable Nuri al-Maliki Prime Minister Federal Republic of IraqBaghdad, Iraq Dear Prime Minister al-Maliki, ++ I am in great distress over the latest attacks perpetrated against our churches in Iraq. This contemptible action is clearly ethnocide and is intended to intimidate and dishearten the Assyrians and drive them out …

By Carol Rizk BEIRUT, Lebanon – Daily Star ++ Lebanon’s Catholic Media Center sounded the alarm on Tuesday saying Iraq’s Christians were facing increasing injustice and were being pushed to flea their home country. The center issued a statement “strongly” condemning acts of violence against Iraqi Christians, especially the latest …

The Honorable Nuri al-Maliki Prime Minister Federal Republic of Iraq Baghdad, Iraq Dear Prime Minister al-Maliki, I am in great distress over the latest attacks perpetrated against our churches in Iraq. This contemptible action is clearly ethnocide and is intended to intimidate and dishearten the Assyrians and drive them out …

By Carol Rizk BEIRUT, Lebanon – Daily Star ++ Lebanon’s Catholic Media Center sounded the alarm on Tuesday saying Iraq’s Christians were facing increasing injustice and were being pushed to flea their home country. The center issued a statement "strongly" condemning acts of violence against Iraqi Christians, especially the latest …