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Lebanon is a Christian foothold in the Middle East. But for how much longer?
Author: Beth Griffin
Publication Date: 8/10/2020
Source: Catholic Herald
Christians in the Middle East could be losing their “last foothold” as Lebanon spirals into crisis, the country’s most senior Catholic cleric has said.
Iraqi Seminarian Speaks About Becoming a Priest Post ISIS
Publication Date: 24/9/2020
Source: Asia News
n the current context in Iraq and the world, the priestly and monastic vocations are “the pinnacle of love and service,” said Wameedh Khalid Francis, one of 15 students attending St Peter’s Chaldean Seminary in Ankawa, the Christian neighbourhood in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan.
Maronite Patriarch welcomes framework agreement on the borders between Lebanon and Israel
Publication Date: 5/10/2020
Source: Agenzia Fides
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai welcomes the news of a future framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel on the demarcation of land and sea borders between the two Countries.
Engaging Islam Institute presents Christianity as a Middle Eastern religion
Author: Kevin Zeller
Publication Date: 23/9/2020
Source: Mission Network News
How can Western Christians understand the Muslim world, especially in the Middle East? Pierre Houssney of Horizons International says the Engaging Islam Institute tackles this barrier by presenting Christianity from a Middle Eastern cultural perspective.
Request from the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans to the Head of State for the proclamation of Christmas as a public holiday for all Iraqis
Publication Date: 19/10/2020
Source: Agenzia Fides
A bill to have Christmas Day officially recognized as a public holiday throughout Iraq is the concrete request that the Babylonian Patriarch of the Chaldeans Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, presented to Iraqi President Barham Salih, who received the Patriarch at the Head of State's residence on Saturday 17 October.
Christians in Northern Iraq face a second Covid-19 wave (without enough hospital beds)
Author: Kevin Clarke
Publication Date: 19/10/2020
Source: America Magazine
As nations around the world grapple with the coronavirus pandemic’s second wave, many will struggle to build capacity to care for the sick and provide for the vulnerable. That effort will be especially challenging in places like northern Iraq. The pandemic response in Iraqi-Kurdistan and Nineveh is complicated by political tension and dysfunction and a still-smoldering ISIS insurgency. And civic and donor resources have already been significantly strained by the cost and effort of reconstruction and relocation after years of conflict.
Bahrain’s unique religious freedom, coexistence experience highlighted at UNGA 75 webinar
Publication Date: 24/9/2020
Source: Bahrain News Agency
His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has saluted the participants in the high-level webinar organised by the King Hamad Global Centre for Peaceful Coexistence, in collaboration with “This Is Bahrain”, hailing the continuous efforts being made to spread Bahrain’s message of peace, tolerance and peaceful coexistence.
Syriac manuscripts recovered from suspected Islamic State fighter in Mosul
Author: Joe Snell
Publication Date: 30/9/2020
Source: Al Monitor
Iraqi security forces have recovered dozens of hidden Syriac manuscripts that were stolen from Assyrian churches in Mosul during the city’s occupation by the Islamic State (IS). The historical writings were found after a suspected IS fighter led to their location and were in his possession, according to a statement by Mosul police chief Laith Al Hamdani.
Christian Refugees From Iraq On Their New Lives In Jordan
Author: Jane Arraf
Publication Date: 19/10/2020
Source: NPR
Almost two-thirds of Iraq's Christians have left the country since the U.S. invasion in 2003. NPR caught up with some of them in Jordan to talk about their new life and plans to return to Iraq.
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Equal eye distance: time to show more solidarity with Assyrians and other Christians
Author: Uzay Bulut
Publication Date: 19/10/2020
Source: Open Democracy
"Creativity takes courage," the well-known artist Henri Matisse said. This statement is true particularly in regimes where there is little freedom of expression and many taboos concerning nationality, religion, history, politics, and other issues.
