Catholic Church in Iraq
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How ISIS genocide victims still face discrimination in Kurdistan
After the Islamic State ravaged large parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014, religious minorities targeted for genocide fled into... Read more
In Iraq, necessity makes priests become engineers
Priests in Iraq are helping reconstruct around 13,000 homes in the Plain of Nineveh which have been damaged or destroyed... Read more
Seminarian who once saved the Eucharist from ISIS returns as a priest
Martin Baani was just 24 years old when he risked his life as a seminarian to rescue the Blessed Sacrament... Read more
Pope Francis prays for Iraq as civilian death toll rises
With the battle for major ISIS strongholds heating up in Iraq, Pope Francis has voiced his closeness to the country,... Read more
Pope prays for victims of terrorist attacks in Iraq and Pakistan
After leading the Angelus Sunday, Pope Francis prayed for all those affected by violence and war around the world, particularly... Read more
One Congressman's plea to the US: Don't abandon Iraq's Christians
Christian survivors of the ISIS genocide have serious humanitarian needs, but their faith remains strong, one congressman said after his... Read more
What Christians are finding as they return to the Nineveh Plain
As villages on Iraq’s Nineveh Plain are liberated from Islamic State forces, the Christians who lived there have returned, only... Read more
ISIS may be gone, but Mosul still faces a long winter ahead
Christians, Muslims and other victims of ISIS feel relief over the terrorist group being pushed back from the Nineveh Plain... Read more
Christianity returns to the towns of Iraq's Nineveh Plain
Two years after the sound of church bells was replaced by the sound of explosives in Bashiqa, Iraq, just north... Read more
There is no justification for killing innocent people, Pope says
In a meeting with the Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East Thursday, Pope Francis criticized ongoing violence in... Read more
As battle for Mosul rages, Pope appeals for an end to violence in Iraq
With the Iraqi Army currently embroiled in an effort to liberate Mosul and the Plains of Nineveh from the Islamic... Read more
Pope's Iraq envoy says peace stifled by lack of 'political will'
Archbishop Alberto Ortega, the Pope's Apostolic Nuncio in Iraq and Jordan, has said that in the midst of a drawn-out... Read more
New Iraqi priests bring joy amid years of sadness, displacement
Fr. Roni Salim Momika, one of three priests ordained in an Erbil refugee camp Friday, said the event has turned... Read more
The powerful witness of Iraqi young people at World Youth Day
Among the swarms of pilgrims registered for World Youth Day in Poland next week is a large group of Iraqi... Read more
What the Holy See has to say about conflict in the Middle East
If peace is to be achieved in the Middle East, it will be a joint effort, requiring the cooperation of... Read more
As Ramadan begins, Chaldean patriarch prays for Iraqi Muslims
Iraqi Muslims celebrating Ramadan will have the prayers of Chaldean Catholics, Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako of Babylon has said. Read more
For Iraq's Christians, what comes after Islamic State?
With thousands of displaced Christians in Iraq subsisting on humanitarian aid, advocates are asking if they have a future there... Read more
'I am a Kurd and a Jew': an interview with Iraq's Sherzad Mamsani
Terrorist attacks don’t phase Sherzad Omar Mamsani, even when an attack claimed one of his arms and left shrapnel throughout... Read more
French bishops travel to Iraq in support of Christian students
A delegation of bishops and priests from France are visiting Iraq April 17-21 to aid young Christian students living in... Read more
Cardinal Dolan to Iraqi seminarians: You will convert the world
After spending his first full day in Erbil, Iraq, Cardinal Timothy Dolan gave a special message to men studying in... Read more
