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AMMAN, Jordan — Pope Francis hopes to embark on the first-ever papal visit to the biblical land of Iraq in early March in a spiritual pilgrimage of sorts
Syrian archbishop calls on the West to lift sanctions against his country The scene of a May 2015 attack on Christians in Aleppo. (Credit: Melkite Archdiocese of Aleppo.) In a message released on Thursday, the Melkite archbishop of war-torn Aleppo in Syria is calling on the international community to lift the sanctions imposed on the country, arguing that they do nothing but make life “a little bit more painful” every day. ROSARIO, Argentina — In a message released on Wednesday, the Melkite archbishop of war-torn Aleppo in Syria is calling on the international community to lift the sanc...
Word or Deeds: Shiite Firebrand Pledges to Restore Iraqi Christian Property Christians welcome the âsolidarityâ of controversial anti-American politician and militia leader in advance of expected visit by Pope Francis. Jayson Casper| Image: Fadel Senna / AFP / Getty Images An Iraqi Christian prays in a church in Qaraqosh, a city in the Nineveh Plains near Mosul, in May 2017. If Pope Francis can avoid the complications of COVID-19 travel and get to Iraq in March, he will hear a lot about stolen property. Muqtada al-Sadr, a leading Shiite politician fiercely opposed to t...
Displaced by fighting between the Iraqi army and the Islamic State group, a family leaves a processing center for displaced families Jan. 27, 2017, outside Mosul. (CNS/Paul Jeffrey) Amman, Jordan — Christians and others practicing their faith experienced serious challenges to religious freedom around the world this year, heightened by dangers posed by the coronavirus pandemic. The challenges ranged from institutionalized practices to violent killings and kidnappings. Others saw threats to religious freedom in pandemic lockdown restrictions. In Iraq, where Pope Francis is ...
Papal visit expected to change Iraqi Christians’ future Pope Francis begins his four-day visit to Iraq on March 4 UCA News reporter Updated: December 21, 2020 10:01 AM GMT Trending A man waits for customers inside his fabric shop in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah in the Dhi Qar province, on December 20, 2020. A year of economic agony ends for the pandemic-hit and oil-reliant Iraq, which is scheduled to receive visiting Pope Francis in March next year. (Photo: Asaad Niazi / AFP) An Iraqi archbishop says Pope Francis’ visit to his West Asian country in Ma...