New patriarch assumes role in Iraq in one of Middle East’s most important Christian churches

Polis III Nona has assumed his duties as the new patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church. He was elected on April 12, replacing Cardinal Louis Sako, who retired in March.
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The Assyrian Church in Iraq

Christianity has a long and rich history in Iraq. The first Christians arrived in Mesopotamia in the first century AD, and the religion quickly spread. By the fourth century, Christianity was the ...
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Inauguration ceremony for new patriarch of Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq

Patriarch Mar Polis III Nona - born Amel Shamoon Nona - previously served as the Archbishop of Mosul and the Archbishop of Sydney before becoming the patriarch for the Chaldean Catholic Church. The ...
Washington Examiner

U.S. Churches Speak Out for Iraq’s Struggling Christians

U.S. church officials are voicing objections to the continuing violence against Iraqi Christians, by sending letters to Defense Secretary Bob Gates, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and National ...
National Catholic Register

Church Destroyed by ISIS in Iraq Completely Restored 10 Years Later

The Dominican Church of Our Lady of the Hour is important to Mosul’s history and identity. The Dominican Church of Our Lady of the Hour, one of the most emblematic in Mosul, northern Iraq, has been ...
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'A sign of hope': Churches destroyed by the Islamic State reopen in Iraq

Two historic churches in Mosul, Iraq, have officially reopened after years of restoration, nearly a decade after their destruction during the Islamic State's occupation. The reconsecration ceremonies ...
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Ten Years After ISIS Church is 'Still Alive' in Iraq, Say Archbishops

Pope Francis participates in a memorial prayer March 7, 2021, at Hosh al-Bieaa, the church square, in Mosul, Iraq, for the victims of the ISIS war. Syriac Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Syriac Orthodox ...
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Blasts hit churches across Iraq, killing 11

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Assailants triggered a coordinated series of explosions outside five churches in Baghdad and Mosul during Sunday evening services, killing 11 people and wounding more than 50 in the ...
Al-Monitor

Iraq church gives hope for Christians after IS atrocities

Around 300 faithful attended mass in the church of Um al-Mauna -- 'Our Lady of Perpetual Help' — Zaid AL-OBEIDI With chants and ululations, Iraqi Christians celebrated the inauguration of a ...
Brainerd Dispatch

State church leaders condemn any strike on Iraq

MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota Church leaders strongly condemned any unilateral, pre-emptive strike by the U.S. against Iraq as "un-American" and said they believe the religious right is drowning out the ...
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U.S. churches sharply divided on Iraq war

DALLAS (Reuters) - America's churches are still sharply divided on the war in Iraq as their flocks prepare to go to the polls, although backing for the conflict has dimmed even among the once solidly ...