Iraqi Christians erect giant cross to mark victory over evil of Islamic State

Feb 25, 2017 by

from EWTN News: After years of darkness, hope has returned to Telekuf-Tesqopa. Located just 17 miles from Mosul, the village is rebuilding after being liberated from ISIS. As a visible sign of the rebuilding, a giant cross was erected on...

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Reaching Refugees in Iraq

Dec 24, 2016 by

from Anglican Frontier Missions: In this special Christmas Edition of the Comings & Goings, we highlight one AFM couple’s ministry to refugees in Northern Iraq. Comings & Goings    ...

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Who’s Ministering in Mosul? Persecuted Christians from Burma

Dec 23, 2016 by

by Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, Christianity Today: As Iraqi coalition forces claw their way into Mosul, the retreating ISIS fighters have booby trapped streets, sent suicide bombers against the liberating army, and used civilians as human...

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Amid the mass destruction in northern Iraq, genocide investigators come upon an incredible sight

Dec 5, 2016 by

by Steve Weatherbe, LifeSite: In church after church in newly liberated northern Iraq, investigators have found nothing but ruins and desecration. Until last week, wading through the debris of one more wrecked sanctuary, they came upon an...

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Bells Ring Out Again At Iraqi Church After Two Years Silence Under Islamic State

Nov 21, 2016 by

from Christian Today: The bells have rung out after two years of silence in the Mar Korkeis church in the town of Bashiqa, some 15 km (10 miles) north of Mosul, Islamic State’s last major city stronghold in Iraq. Kurdish Peshmerga...

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Displaced Iraqi Christians await return to Mosul with bated breath

Oct 22, 2016 by

By Gilgamesh Nabeel and Ammar Al Shamary, RNS: The Rev. Martin Banni, a Chaldean Catholic priest, grabbed the Eucharist, the church’s official documents and a few personal items ahead of the Islamic State fighters’ assault on Karemlash, a...

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