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Iraq marks 10th anniversary of 'collective' tragedy under Islamic State group's terror

Dale Gavlak|Aug 8, 2024|4 Min Read

Father Emanuel Youkhana, center, meets Iraqi Christians who opened a mobile phone shop on the Ninevah Plain following the defeat of the Islamic State from the area. Father Youkhana, an archimandrite of the Assyrian Church of the East, runs the Christian Aid Program Northern Iraq, a Christian program for displaced Iraqis around the northern city of Dahuk. (CNS photo/courtesy CAPNI)

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Loss and trauma: Churches help Iraqi Christians displaced by Islamic State

Dale Gavlak|Nov 23, 2021|4 Min Read

Some 70 children received their first communion in the Nineveh Plains, in northern Iraq, on July 17, 2021. (Father Karam Shamasha/Twitter via Crux)

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For Iraqi Christians, scenes of both horror and hope

Inés San Martín|Jul 21, 2021|4 Min Read

The flag of Kurdistan is seen as Pope Francis greets the crowd before celebrating Mass at Franso Hariri Stadium in Irbil, Iraq, March 7, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Cleanse your hearts of anger, live the Gospel, pope says at Mass in Irbil

Cindy Wooden|Mar 7, 2021|3 Min Read

Pope Francis celebrates Mass at St. Joseph Chaldean Catholic Cathedral in Baghdad March 6, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Living the beatitudes can change the world, pope says in Iraq

Cindy Wooden|Mar 6, 2021|3 Min Read

A member of the civil defense team disinfects inside Our Lady of Salvation Church in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 30, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Iraq is set to receive thousands of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines in addition to the Chinese Sinovac vaccine this month. Pope Francis plans to visit Iraq March 5-8. (CNS photo/Thaier Al-Sudani, Reuters)

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Pandemic, security pose challenges, but pope, Iraqis, hopeful for visit

Dale Gavlak|Feb 22, 2021|5 Min Read

Pope Francis greets Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad, Iraq, during a meeting with Chaldean Catholics at the Church of St. Simon the Tanner in Tbilisi, Georgia, in this Sept. 30, 2016, file photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Iraqi prelate still confident in papal visit despite recent terrorism

Elise Ann Allen|Jan 26, 2021|3 Min Read

Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda of Irbil, Iraq, gives a testimony of Christian persecution Nov. 28, 2018, during a vespers service in the Crypt Church at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

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Catholic archbishop: papal visit could 'change trajectory' of Christian presence in Iraq

Courtney Mares|Dec 18, 2020|3 Min Read

Women mourn the death of a man who was killed in a Turkish airstrike in Sheladize, Iraq, June 22, 2020. (CNS/Kawa Omar, Reuters via Crux)

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Iraqis say for local Christians, papal visit will ‘give us back our smile’

Elise Ann Allen|Dec 14, 2020|9 Min Read

A woman wearing a protective mask prays during Mass at a church in Mosul, Iraq, Nov. 1, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Vatican has confirmed Pope Francis will visit Iraq March 5-8. (CNS photo/Abdullah Rashid, Reuters)

Pope Francis will travel to Iraq in 2021

Courtney Mares|Dec 7, 2020|3 Min Read

Iraqi Christians in Baghdad leave Christmas Mass at St. George Chaldean Church Dec. 25, 2019. (Khalid al Mousily/Reuters/CNS via Crux)

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Iraqi priest doubles down on Christianity’s survival in the Middle East

Inés San Martín|Nov 9, 2020|8 Min Read

Women mourn the death of a man who was killed in a Turkish airstrike in late June in Sheladize, Iraq. (CNS photo/Kawa Omar, Reuters)

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Priests say Turkish attacks in northern Iraq displace Christians

Dale Gavlak|Sep 24, 2020|4 Min Read

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