by Sean Reilly | Jun 18, 2008
Catholic bishops in the UK have spoken out over the “systematic and deliberately relentless” persecution of Christians in Iraq during an emotional Mass at Westminster Cathedral filled with families mourning lost loved ones. Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, Archbishop...
by Sean Reilly | May 6, 2008
“Although I had been threatened many times in Iraq, I did not want to leave,” says the Armenian Orthodox hairdresser Cayran. “But then my shop was burnt and the car of my husband, who used to work as a driver, was robbed. So we left everything behind...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 14, 2008
The news that Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho in Iraq has been killed could force the Church underground, say Iraqi Christians in Need (ICIN). The Chaldean Catholic archbishop was kidnapped on February 29 soon after he left Mass in Mosul. Three people who had been with...