Christians in Iraq Archives

Christians in Iraq

Iraqi government imposes COVID restrictions weeks before papal visit

February 15, 2021

These measures come in the weeks leading up to Pope Francis’ March 5-8 trip to Iraq. The pope’s schedule includes a Mass at the Chaldean Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Baghdad on March 6 and a visit to the Syriac Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Bakhdida March 7.

Catholic group sends 15 Virgin Mary statues to Iraq to replace ones destroyed by ISIS

July 21, 2017

A French Catholic group has sent the new statues from Lourdes to Erbil, where they will be carried through the streets in procession

Christians in northern Iraq ‘on verge of extinction’, says aid worker

March 24, 2017

Their future depends on help from the West, according to a senior Chaldean Catholic official

There’s a good reason Christians rarely take up arms in the Middle East

September 15, 2016

Christian militias are merely defending villages from an enemy that will show no mercy. But in doing so they must make dangerous choices

Catholics must stick up for atheists

June 10, 2015

Atheists share with Christians the plight of being persecuted worldwide for their convictions. They must unite to demand the freedom to follow their beliefs – whatever they may be