Families in need
There are 200 families who couldn’t find shelter and have now settled in Alqosh; they are in desperate need of assistance for such things as rent. The St. Thomas Chaldean Catholic Diocese of the Eastern United States in coordination with Adopt A Refugee/Mosul Relief Effort, are working on a plan in assisting them, which includes $100 […]
Helpiraq.org helps house over 500 families
With helpiraq.org this project was completed to house over 500 families watch video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCdRdfy-gmI
Attached is the growing list of positive media published since Senator Cruz’s walkaway at the Solidarity Gala Dinner
Ross Douthat (New York Times), “The Middle East’s Friendless Christians”: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/opinion/sunday/ross-douthat-the-middle-easts-friendless-christians.html “When the long, grim history of Christianity’s disappearance from the Middle East is written, Ted Cruz’s performance last week at a conference organized to highlight the persecution of his co-religionists will merit at most a footnote. But sometimes a footnote can help illuminate […]
Detroit Free Press Reports Metro Detroit’s Iraqi Christians ask for help in their native land
Concerned about the worsening condition of minorities in their native land, metro Detroit Iraqi-American Christians are lobbying U.S. officials and politicians, asking for their help as ISIS advances across Iraq. http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2014309150011
Interview from ETWN With MaryBeth Hicks, Auday Arabo, Jeff Bridges, Lois Lowry, and Michael Flaherty
Video: #EWTN World Over – #RaymondArroyo with MaryBeth Hicks, Auday Arabo, Jeff Bridges, Lois Lowry, Michael Flaherty of The Giver August 14, 2014 http://paxalles.blogs.com/gods_design/2014/08/video-ewtn-world-over-raymondarroyo-with-marybeth-hicks-auday-arabo-jeff-bridges-lois-lowry-michael-.html
Pope to Iraqi Christians: You Are Church’s Heart
Pope Francis has sought to encourage Iraq’s beleaguered Christians under threat from Islamic militants, saying they are the “heart” of the church and that the church is proud of them. In comments translated into Arabic during his weekly Wednesday general audience, Francis said the Catholic Church is like a mother, and like any mother will […]
Letter from Bishop Francis Regarding The List
From: Bishop Francis Regarding: The list In the last few days many people have called my office and many of our churches in regards to getting their relatives’ names on a list so they can leave Iraq. This list was a request from someone in Washington DC and we do not know what they will […]
Some promising news
Some promising news: – Dutch Government has proposed to build 1,500 new living units in Dohuk and Erbil. – Also, it was suggested to our church leaders that we rent resorts for those that remain in parks and streets since the tourism season has come to an end. Our diocese is currently assessing these claims […]
If You Don’t Stop Evil, Evil Spreads. written by: Bishop Francis Kalabat
It reads like something from a history book or a class lecture about something decades and even centuries ago in a time period where we were less equipped to handle it. But it is happening right now, to our own people, in a time period where we have sophisticated military, high-tech equipment and the ability […]
Diaspora Iraqi Americans’ Advocacy Shapes a Fruitful Response
Diaspora Iraqi Americans’ Advocacy Shapes a Fruitful Response August 20, 2014 Prepared by Joseph T. Kassab From August 13th to August 14th, a delegation of Iraqi Christian leaders from all over the United States, led by Bishop Sarhad Jammo and Bishop Francis and joined by members of Team “Save Christians of Iraq” (Auday Arabo, Joseph […]