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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 …
Read More »Arabs Gain in North Iraq, Low Voter Turn-out for Assyrians
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 …
Read More »Iraqi Bishops in Rome: Don’t Forget Us
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 …
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