Iraq Christians
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ClaudetteMosul, Iraq, names street after Syriac Orthodox priest Father Bulos Iskandar, killed in 2006
The Nineveh Governorate in Iraq has named a street next to the Syriac Orthodox Cathedral of Mor Ephrem in Mosul after Father Bulos Iskandar, honoring his memory and...
GwenFewer Than 70 Christian Families Remain in Mosul, Iraq, ICC Reports
Throughout this series, International Christian Concern (ICC) has traveled through Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza. Circumstances differ in each place, but ICC says...
Vatican Approves Chaldean Church Request to Drop Babylon From Patriarch’s Title
The Synod of Chaldean Bishops met in Baghdad in mid-August under the chairmanship of Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako and voted unanimously to drop the description “Patriarch of Babylon”...
Chaldean Patriarch Sako Refers Legal Action Against Five Bishops to Higher Church Authority
In July 2023, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa sent a letter expressing solidarity with Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako of Iraq. Pizzaballa called the events an unprecedented...
Patriarch Mar Paul III Nuna Formally Takes Over Chaldean Church Presidency in Baghdad, Iraq
The Iraqi News Agency reported that the head of the Kaldani Church in Iraq and the world has officially taken over the presidency of the church, in a...
Iraqi Government Pledges Help for Displaced Christians Who Want to Return
Iraq’s head of government, Ali al-Zaidi, has pledged support for displaced Christians who want to return to Iraq. According to the Catholic Information Service SIR and the Vatican...
New Iraqi archbishop Amel Shamon Nona elected Chaldean Catholic patriarch, takes name Paul III
Archbishop Amel Shamon Nona, who until now led the Chaldean Eparchy of St. Thomas the Apostle of Australia and New Zealand, was elected patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic...
Chaldean Catholic Church Elects Mar Paul III Nona as New Patriarch
Mgr Émile Shimoun Nona has been elected Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans. He was chosen on 12 April at the close of the Chaldean synod held in...
Syriac Catholic Church of Saint Joseph the Betrothed in Amara, Iraq, reopens after restoration
The Syriac Catholic Church of Saint Joseph the Betrothed has reopened in Amara, the capital of Iraq’s Maysan Governorate, after restoration work aimed at preserving one of the...
