Tag: Islamic State
Salesian priest recounts his kidnapping in Yemen, imprisonment
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ROME — Salesian Father Tom Uzhunnalil was sitting in a room in an unknown location, one of several he had been relocated...
Southern Philippines bishops support ‘temporary’ martial law
MANILA, Philippines — Catholic bishops in the southern Philippines supported the declaration of martial law in Mindanao following an attempt by a band of...
Pope Francis decries ‘barbaric attack’ on concertgoers in Manchester – updated
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MANCHESTER, England — Pope Francis decried the "barbaric attack" on concertgoers in Manchester, adding his voice to Catholic leaders dismayed at what...
Syriac Catholic patriarch ‘horrified’ after seeing Iraqi ‘ghost towns’
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BEIRUT — The Syriac Catholic patriarch said he was horrified to see widespread devastation and what he called “ghost towns” during a...
Once Iraq recaptures Mosul, people will still need help, says archbishop
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The military operation to liberate the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State group is not the only...
Pope offers prayers for Orlando victims of ‘terrible, absurd violence’
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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis offered prayers for the families of the victims of the mass shooting in Orlando and expressed hope...
Chaldean patriarch appeals to Iraqi leaders to work for reconciliation
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BAGHDAD (CNS) -- Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad urged Iraq's leaders to put an end to the "institutional, economic and...
Kerry says Islamic State is committing genocide against Christians
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that atrocities carried out by the Islamic State group against Yezidis, Christians and...
House panel calls attacks on Christians, others in Middle East ‘genocide’
WASHINGTON — The House Foreign Affairs Committee March 2 unanimously passed a bipartisan measure condemning as genocide the killing of Christians, Yezidis and other...
Christmas comes with pain but hope for displaced families in Iraq
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IRBIL, Iraq (CNS) -- Habiba Daud remembers Christmas in Qaraqosh as beautiful. The festivities would start days before with the preparation of...