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For Iraq’s Christians, home is the sweetest despite its hardships
Author: Dilan Sirwan and Julian Bechocha
Publication Date: 17/4/2022
Source: Rudaw
Returning home is dangerous, job opportunities are on the low, and the once welcoming Kurdish capital is no longer a sanctuary for Christian families who fled the Nineveh Plains in fear of the Islamic State (ISIS) eight years ago, as daily expenses are on the rise and humanitarian aid is running out.
Conference in Damascus brings together local Catholic Churches and aid agencies
Publication Date: 15/3/2022
Source: Agencia fides
A conference organized by the Assembly of Catholic Bishops in Syria in collaboration with the Congregation for the Oriental Churches and the Apostolic Nunciature in Syria, begins today in Damascus. The aim of the event is to coordinate the Church's charitable activities at the service of the many victims of a conflict that has been dragging on for more than 10 years and is causing a humanitarian crisis.
Iraq celebrates first Easter 'Holy Fire'
Publication Date: 24/4/2022
Source: Al Mayadeen
For the first time, thousands of Iraqis celebrated the arrival of the "Holy Fire" brought from Christianity's holiest site in Al-Quds to mark Orthodox Easter.
Palestinian Christians celebrate Palm Sunday in Jerusalem
Publication Date: 10/4/2022
Source: The New Arab
Hundreds of Christian worshipers attended Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre to mark the holiday of Palm Sunday for the first time after two years of coronavirus restrictions.
Vatican’s envoy to Syria laments Ukraine’s similar ‘descent into hell’
Author: Elise Ann Allen
Publication Date: 16/3/2022
Source: Crux
As the war in Syria – among the world’s most catastrophic manmade humanitarian disasters since World War II – reaches its 11th anniversary, the Vatican’s envoy to the country has lamented that in Europe, similar devastation is unfolding in the Ukraine conflict.
Jerusalem's Christian population dwindles further
Author: Rasha Abou Jalal
Publication Date: 8/4/2022
Source: Al-Monitor
Christians made up about 25% of Jerusalem's population back in 1922, but today they number only 2% of the population.
Nuncio to Syria: After 11 years of war "we have fallen into obscurity"
Author: Massimiliano Menichetti
Publication Date: 15/3/2022
Source: Vatican News
The war in Syria – a conflict that has led to half a million deaths – began eleven years ago today, on 15 March 2011. “Don’t let hope die,” says Cardinal Mario Zenari, the Apostolic Nuncio to Syria, as he continues to denounce violence, poverty and neglect.
Greek Orthodox Church decries 'extremist' takeover of hostel in occupied East Jerusalem
Publication Date: 30/3/2022
Source: The New Arab
The Greek Orthodox Church has branded an attempted takeover of a hostel in Jerusalem by Israeli settlers as 'illegal' and condemned the actions of the extremist group.
3 Iranians summoned to jail for spreading ‘Zionist Christianity’ - report
Publication Date: 10/3/2022
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Three Christian converts from the northern city of Rasht in Iran have been summoned to begin prison sentences for “spreading Zionist Christianity,” according to a recent report by Article 18, a a London-based non-profit organization that describes itself as dedicated to the protection and promotion of religious freedom in Iran and advocating on behalf of its persecuted Christians.
Egyptian Coptic priest killed by stabbing in Alexandria
Publication Date: 8/4/2022
Source: New Arab
A knife-wielding man mortally wounded an Orthodox Coptic priest during an attack at the popular seaside promenade in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria on Thursday evening, Egypt's interior ministry said.
The ministry said the priest died while being treated for his wounds at a military hospital.
The suspected 60-year-old attacker was caught by pedestrians who turned him in to the authorities, according to a statement posted by the prosecutor general’s office on Facebook.
