The Assyrian Democratic Organization
By Ethan Cole Christian Post Reporter Mon, Feb. 02 2009 No major violence broke out in Iraq Saturday during the provincial elections, but critics are also fast to point out that voter turnout was low, especially among the mainly Christian minority group known as Assyrians. Preliminary …
Read More »Slow Recovery in Iraq – Archbishop Sako Hopes for Mideast Synod
2009-02-05 Archbishop Sako Hopes for Mideast Synod By Edward PentinROME, FEB. 5, 2009 (Zenit.org) – Archbishop Louis Sako of Kirkuk is a refreshing figure to hear speak about his troubled country. Self-effacing and softly spoken, the Iraqi Chaldean prelate has a gritty resilience but combines it with infectious optimism and …
Read More »In Iraq’s North, Ethnic Strife Flares as Vote Draws Closer
Arabs Hope to Curb Power Of Kurdish Government By Ernesto Londoño Washington Post Foreign Service Wednesday, January 28, 2009; Page A08 QARAQOSH, Iraq — Iraq‘s upcoming provincial elections have exacerbated tensions along the ethnically mixed frontier between the traditionally Arab parts of the country and its Kurdish autonomous region …
Read More »Lawmakers urge action for Iraqi Christians
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 …
Read More »Pope Offers Encouragement to Iraqi Prelates
Bishops Present Him With Mementos of Slain Ministers VATICAN CITY, JAN. 26, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI is encouraging Chaldean prelates to continue giving “courageous testimony” in the midst of difficulties, especially in Iraq.The Pope said this in an extensive discourse Saturday to Chaldean bishops in Rome for their five-yearly …
Read More »Pontiff Urges Syriac Leader to Remember Diaspora
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 …
Read More »Pontiff Worries About Mideast Christians
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 …
Read More »Iraqi bishops meet Pope Benedict
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 …
Read More »Iraqi Prelate Urges Obama to Help Minorities
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 …
Read More »Iraq’s Christian Assyrians Caught in Middle of Mosul Vote
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 …
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