ACI MENA

ACI MENA

ACI MENA is an Arabic-language news service headquartered in Erbil, Iraq launched by EWTN Global Catholic Network. The Association for Catholic Information Middle East and North Africa, or ACI MENA, publishes original news content in Arabic using a network of correspondents across the region.

Articles by ACI MENA

Duha Sabah Abdullah, the mother of David Abdullah, who was killed when ISIS shelled the Catholic city of Qaraqosh in Aug 6, 2014, meeting Pope Francis in March, 2021 in Iraq. Photo credit: Raghed Ninwaya/ACI MENA

Remembering the night the ‘city of Christians’ fell to ISIS in Iraq

Aug 6, 2023 / 14:20 pm

Aug. 6 marks the ninth anniversary of the fall of Qaraqosh, a city that was almost entirely Catholic and where the pope visited in 2021.

City of Tripoli, Libya. Credit: Shutterstock

Christians arrested in Libya on charges of preaching and apostasy from Islam

Apr 18, 2023 / 08:23 am

Last week Libya’s Internal Security Agency launched a campaign to arrest Libyan citizens and foreigners accused of apostasy from Islam and preaching Christianity.

null Credit: Issa Anis Kassisieh

This Santa rides a camel around Jerusalem every year. Here’s why

Dec 23, 2022 / 10:00 am

Every year on the feast of St. Nicholas, Issa Anis Kassisieh dons a red suit, black boots, and a thick white beard.

Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako ACI MENA

Iraqi government must support Christians, Chaldean Catholic patriarch says

Dec 2, 2022 / 11:45 am

Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Cardinal Louis Sako warned that if the government doesn’t change its policies it could spell the end of Christianity in Iraq.