Father Ammar Yako: “It is part of our history.” Al-Tahira Church in Qaraqosh (Baghdeda) was almost completely destroyed during the ISIS terror regime (2014–2017). Thanks to the generous support of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) benefactors, the church has been rebuilt over the course of the last few years and is now almost […]
According to one of the most influential bishops in the country, the Pope’s decision to visit Iraq may prove vital to saving its ancient Christian community from extinction. Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, which is the capital of semi-autonomous Kurdish northern Iraq, told Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that […]
Nearly a month ago, the Christians of the Nineveh Plain recalled a tragic event: the invasion by the Islamic State (IS) group six years earlier. Fortunately, there is hope with the reconstruction of a legendary church in the region. On August 6, 2014, IS fighters conquered and razed the Christian settlements of the Nineveh Plain, […]
Iraq Batnaya is back Text by John Pontifex, ACN International Adapted by Amanda Bridget Griffin, ACN Canada Posted on line March 18, 2020 Catholic charity to help rebuild flattened Christian village A massive program has just received the go ahead to help revive a Christian village in Iraq, which was almost completely razed to the […]
Iraq Batnaya rises again by Irmina Nockiewicz & Maria Lozano , ACN International Adapted by ACN Canada Published on the web February 25, 2020 Batnaya is a town in the north of Iraq, some 24 km from Mosul. Before ISIS arrived there were 950 families living here, all of them Chaldean Catholics. It was […]
Lebanon Christians and Muslims united in protests The political and economic crisis is related to the migratory wave of neighboring countries By Maria Lozano, ACN International Published on the web January 22, 2020 Lebanon is one of the 40 smallest countries in the world, yet it houses the largest proportion of refugees per capita. Its […]
Photo: Iraq 30 November 2019 Candlelight vigil around the cross in Baghdeda Christians in the Middle East Fresh risk of genocide to Middle East Christians by Fionn Shiner, ACN International Adapted by Amanda Bridget Griffin, ACN Canada Published on the web December 19, 2019 Middle East Christians are at direct risk of a second […]
Iraq Address to the United Nations Security Council An ACN partner, Msgr Bashar Warda, Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Erbil in Iraq, gave an address to the United Nations security council on December 3rd. Here is what he had to say to the international community. Address of Archbishop Bashar Warda Kurdistan Region, Iraq To: UN Security Council, […]
ACN Supported Projects in Iraq A next new phase of rebuilding By Xavier Bisits, ACN International revised by Amanda Bridget Griffin, ACN Canada Published on-line December 3, 2019 It was just in March of this year that ISIS lost the final vestiges of its “caliphate” in Syria, and not long ago that Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, […]
Iraq Fate of Christians tied to deadly Iraq protests by Xavier Bisits, ACN International Adapted by Amanda Bridget Griffin, ACN Canada Posted Monday November 4, 2019 Although Iraqi Christians, concentrated in the north of the country, lie far from the epicentre of deadly protests in Baghdad, their fate may be tied to the outcome […]
