Posts Tagged ‘Baghdad’

Chaldean Patriarch: inciting emigration is irresponsible

Friday, September 18th, 2015

“Now our people are criticising us. They want us to find them flights, visas and welcome centres in other countries. This is impossible. A state cannot do this. And neither can the Church.” The Chaldean Patriarch of Baghdad, Louis Raphael I, says he is concerned. He is not convinced about certain consequences of Europe’s new Read more

The future of Iraqi Christians uncertain

Friday, November 4th, 2011

The Assyrian International News agency is expressing concern about the future of the Iraqi Christian community in Baghdad. One year ago, in the worst violence against Assyrians since the liberation of Iraq, Al-Qaeda terrorists attacked Iraqui Christians at Our Lady of Deliverance Chaldean Catholic Church in Baghdad during a Sunday evening church service, killing 58 parishioners, Read more