Ancient Christian community may soon disappear, senior Iraqi churchman says
Topic: Aid to the Church in Need
Ann Widdecombe to champion rights of persecuted Christians
Posted on Thursday, 17 March 2011
Former government minister and star of Strictly Come Dancing has been named envoy of Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need
‘Prayer is absolutely essential – or you die’
Posted on Thursday, 10 March 2011
Ed West meets Fr Michael Shields, the priest who exchanged the frozen wastes of Alaska for the post-Soviet wilderness of Siberia
Church to build hospital and university in Iraq
Posted on Monday, 31 January 2011
Archbishop says plans are ‘symbols of hope’ for country’s Christian presence
Concrete walls put up around Iraqi churches to prevent Christmas attacks
Posted on Wednesday, 15 December 2010
Government is scrambling to build 10ft-high barriers to stop a repeat of the Baghdad massacre in October
Pope condemns ‘absurd violence’ of Baghdad church siege
Posted on Monday, 1 November 2010
Syrian Catholic patriarch, meanwhile, attacks indifference of free world to suffering of Iraqi Christians
Three priests among dozens killed in attack on Baghdad church
Posted on Monday, 1 November 2010
Dozens of Iraqi Catholics were killed yesterday after Islamic militants took worshippers hostage during Mass
Charity presents Pope with special volume
Posted on Wednesday, 13 October 2010
Aid to the Church in Need presents Pope with book containing names of supporters who pledge the equivalent of more than six months of prayer for the Holy Father
Christianity is the most persecuted religion, say European bishops
Posted on Thursday, 7 October 2010
COMECE urges EU foreign ministry to set up a ‘religion unit’ to promote cause of religious freedom more effectively
Pope Francis, as I hoped, will complete Pope Benedict’s unfinished encyclical: it will be a striking illustration of the hermeneutic of continuity
By William Oddie