The Vatican has given its permission for the opening of the sainthood cause of an Iraqi priest and three deacons who were murdered by armed gunmen in Mosul. The Congregation for Saints’ Causes gave the “nihil obstat” (“no objection”), permitting a diocesan bishop to open a local inquiry into aContinue Reading
Mosul, Iraq: After years of darkness, hope has returned to Telekuf-Tesqopa. Located just 17 miles from Mosul, the village is rebuilding after being liberated from ISIS.As a visible sign of the rebuilding, a giant cross was erected on a hill, marking the victory of the Christian community. The placement of crossesContinue Reading
Rome: An Iraqi priest who was forced to flee his village when the Islamic State seized the area in 2014 said the hardship and persecution Christians in Iraq have experienced has taught them what it really means to fully live out their faith. “What we have witnessed is a messageContinue Reading
Mosul: Thousands of displaced Iraqi Christians celebrated a “Return Festival” as the military advance against Islamic State (IS) in and around the city of Mosul raised their hopes of returning home after two years in exile. The festival in Erbil last Friday (18 Nov.) was organised by Life Agape, withContinue Reading
The monastery, believed to be 1,400 years old, predated IslamContinue Reading
Erbil- Effectively exiled from his friary in Mosul by the Islamic State last year, Dominican Father Najeeb Michaeel is working to preserve Christian manuscripts through digitization, recording a memory of Iraq’s Christian past. Father Michaeel is an Iraqi native who studied in the U.S. and founded, in 1990, the CenterContinue Reading
