Two years after the liberation of Mosul, many Christians still fear to return
Exactly 2 years ago, on 10 July 2017 the Iraqi government declared the defeat of Daesh (ISIS). The liberation of Mosul took place three years after the city had been subjected to strict sharia law, including forced conversions, mass executions and a resurgence of slavery. When the city was liberated, [...]
Sowing hope for more Christian families in Iraq
by Xavier Bisits & Iban de la Sota As part of its reconstruction efforts in the Nineveh Plains, Iraq, the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has begun work to restore the homes of 41 Christian families in the town of Bartella. Approximately 220 additional people will benefit [...]
Iraq longs for better times for his Church and his people
Interview with Archbishop Petros Mouche (Iraq) by Ragheb Elias Karash Archbishop Petros Mouche heads the Syriac-Catholic Archdiocese of Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, which was captured by ISIS in the summer of 2014. Today, with ISIS ousted from Mosul and the Nineveh Plains, Christian communities are slowly coming back to life. Thousands [...]
ACN to “convert” the Lamborghini donated by the Pope into a nursery school and a centre
ACN to “convert” the Lamborghini donated by the Pope into a nursery school and a centre for Christians in the Nineveh region Thanks to a donation of 200,000 Euros from the Holy Father, following the auctioning of the Lamborghini that was given to him last year, ACN will be able [...]
Bishops and Members of NRC Sign “Call for Action”
Call for Action of the Nineveh Reconstruction Committee upon the national governments and other entities in favor of the return of the Christians of all Churches and rites to their homelands in IraqErbil, 12.12.2018IN THE NINEVEH PLAINS, the voice and role of the local Church leaders is stronger than in [...]
“A positive result of the elections in Kurdistan can persuade many other Christians to stay in Iraq”
On the vigil of the vote in the Autonomous Region, Patriarch Cardinal Louis Raphaël I Sako, speaks to ACN about hope, future and expectations of Christians in Iraq by Daniele Piccini «From this election we expect a positive political change», says Cardinal Louis Raphaël I Sako, Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of [...]
“An international peace-keeping force should be stationed on the Nineveh Plains”
Four years after IS advanced: Iraqi bishops still worried about the future of their faithful Four years after the "Islamic State" (IS) advanced into the Christian villages on the Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq the Syriac-Orthodox Archbishop Timotheus Musa Al Shamani is worried about the lack of security. "Without security [...]
“If the families do not return to their homes, then Christianity will disappear in Iraq”
Father Salar Kajo: “If the families do not return to their homes, then Christianity will disappear in Iraq” by Josue Villalon (ACN Spain) ACN.-Father Salar Kajo is one of the priests who have accompanied the over 120,000 Christians who were forced to flee their homes following the invasion by Daesh [...]
Patriarch Sako on the donated Lamborghini: “We thank Pope Francis for the fatherly gesture”
EVEN MORE CHRISTIANS TO RETURN TO NINEVEH “We are very grateful to Pope Francis for making this fatherly gesture. The pontifex is the father of the whole church and thinks of everyone, particularly those who are suffering as greatly as we are.” This is how the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of [...]