by Sean Reilly | Jan 8, 2008
Church and civic leaders in Iraq are expressing concern after reports that a number of churches were bombed on Sunday 6 January 2007, following Eid and Christmas, and at a time when Orthodox Christians were celebrating New Year’s Eve. Various explosive devices, mortar...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 12, 2007
Christians are fleeing Iraq and Christianity risks disappearing from the country, says a senior Baghdad archbishop, reiterating appeals made recently to Western churches to intercede with their governments about the plight of the Iraqis. “We do have the courage...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 6, 2007
A Baghdad-based Anglican priest, in an interview with a US news network, has declared that Christians are considerably worse off now than they were during the regime of the late Saddam Hussein, Iraq’s former dictator, whose deposition he nevertheless welcomed...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 28, 2007
As the humanitarian and military crisis continues in Iraq, European Catholic bishops have issued an appeal to governments to permit more refugees from the country to live in the region – against the backdrop of growing refusals. “We ask the EU to increase...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 26, 2007
Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has found himself at the centre of an unexpected row, following cautious remarks to a Muslim magazine, after a Sunday newspaper construed it as an all-out attack on the US and the BBC gave neocon hard-liner John Bolton free...
