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Assyrians negatively affected by Turkish airstrikes in Iraq
Author: Karzan Sulaivany
Publication Date: 13/1/2021
Source: Kurdistan24
A new report by the Assyrian Policy Institute (API) released on Monday revealed how Turkish airstrikes against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) positions in the Kurdistan Region are negatively affecting the Assyrian population living in the border areas.
Covid: UAE churchgoers get emotional attending mass after 10 months
Author: Saman Haziq
Publication Date: 1/2/2021
Source: Khaleej Times
Dubai resident Joseph James stepped into the church compound for the first time in ten months on Monday morning as St Mary’s Catholic Church in Oud Maitha reopened its doors for Holy Mass services on Monday. The church was temporarily closed last year in March as part of the precautionary measures against the spread of coronavirus.
Dozens of illegal expropriations denounced by Christian landowners to the ad hoc Committee wanted by Muqtada al Sadr
Publication Date: 1/2/2021
Source: Agenzia Fides
There are already dozens of complaints to be studied on the working tables of the special committee set up at the request of Iraqi Shiite leader Muqtada al Sadr to collect and verify news and complaints regarding cases of illegal expropriation of property suffered in recent years by Christian landowners in different parts of Iraq.
Pope says he is intent on making Iraq trip despite difficulties
Publication Date: 1/2/2021
Source: Reuters
Pope Francis said on Monday he is intent on making a trip to Iraq next month even if it means many Iraqi Christians won’t be able to see him in person because of COVID-19 restrictions.
St Mary’s Catholic Church in Dubai to reopen on Monday
Author: Angel Tesorero
Publication Date: 29/1/2021
Source: Gulf News
St Mary’s Catholic Church in Oud Metha, Dubai, will reopen on Monday (February 1), with two masses scheduled daily, parish priest Fr Lennie J.A. Connully OFM Cap announced on the church website. He said: “Glad to announce that we have received permission from CDA (Community Development Authority) to reopen our church for the Holy Mass with a few conditions and guidelines.”
Pope to meet top Shia leader Sistani on Iraq visit: Cardinal
Publication Date: 28/1/2021
Source: Al Jazeera
Pope Francis will meet top Shia religious leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani during the first-ever papal visit to Iraq in March, a senior Catholic cleric told the AFP news agency on Thursday. Louis Sako, the patriarch of Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic Church, said it would be a “private visit” between the two religious figures “without formalities”.
Iraqi Christians urged to undertake ‘Jonah’s fast’ against the pandemic
Publication Date: 20/1/2021
Source: Asia News
Like the people who prayed and fasted “at the time of Ezekiel” for the end of the epidemic of plague, so “we too are transforming this painful experience” of the COVID-19 pandemic into “opportunities for grace and good “through” spiritual and social solidarity,” writes Chaldean primate Card Louis Raphael Sako in a statement released today, presenting three days of fasting and prayer for “The revival of Nineveh”, beginning next Monday.
Turkey: Elderly Christian Man Still Missing Year Later
Author: Uzay Bulut
Publication Date: 24/1/2021
Source: Gatestone Institute
One year after the abduction and disappearance of an elderly Christian couple in southeast Turkey, their children are still asking the Turkish authorities for help in locating their missing father and holding the perpetrators accountable.
