Iraqi Christians launched a protest outside the UN regional headquarters in Beirut yesterday, demanding a quicker resettlement process. Thousands of Iraqi Christian refugees fled to Lebanon to escape...
Around 700 Christian families have been forced to evacuate Telskuf in Iraq because of battles between Kurdish and Iraqi forces. The town was only liberated from IS last year, with many only having re...
The French Foreign Minister has said Christians who have had to flee Iraq are welcome to seek refuge in his country. In a joint statement with the Interior Minister Laurent Fabius said: "We are provi...
More than 20 Christians who fled Islamic State (IS) from Iraq to the United States (US) could be told to leave America. After waiting a period of months, the 27 Christians, known as Chaldeans, could ...
Thousands of Iraqi Christian men are believed to have signed up to receive military training to fight Islamic State. According to the Wall Street Journal, the men want to recapture towns and villages...
A new report has found that hundreds of Iraqi Christians who fled the Islamic State (ISIS) invasion across the country in 2014 have returned to discover their p At least 350 Christian-owned propertie...
Sister Ban Madleen, a nun from Iraq, has been banned from entering the UK after her visa application was turned down by the Home Office. In a letter seen by the Catholic Herald, the Home Office said ...
Iraq's parliament has passed a law forbidding the import, production or selling of alcoholic beverages. The bill, passed late on Saturday, means churches will no longer be able to use Communion wine....
A Chaldean Catholic patriarch in Iraq has said air strikes in the country will not work and many innocent people could be killed. Louis Sako described the campaign launched by America and other count...
The Roman Catholic Cardinal of Argentina has completed a three-day trip in Iraq and been asked to invite the Pope to visit the region. The schedule of Cardinal Leonardo Sandri included a trip t...
An Iraqi priest has told Premier that efforts by Islamic State (IS) to indoctrinate children means erasing the group's ideology from the Middle East could take Fr Daniel arrived in London to deliver...
Iraqi Catholics in a town near Mosul have been able to celebrate Mass for the first time in two years. The town of Qaraqosh - on the outskirts of Mosul - was recaptured by Iraqi troops last week with...
A Catholic woman has made history by being elected as the new mayor of an Iraqi town. Lara Yussif Zara has become the first Christian woman to be mayor of Alqosh, a small town on the Nineveh Plain in...
Ireland is to hold a referendum next summer on abortion rights months before a planned visit to the country by Pope Francis. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar (pictured below) announced the vote on changing the...
Ireland's Taoiseach wants to tell Pope Francis that many Catholics from an LGBT background feel "excluded" from the Church. Leo Varadkar is expected to meet the pontiff at Dublin Castle on Saturday.H...
Archbishop Justin Welby and Pope Francis are inviting Christians throughout the world to join them in praying for salvation. The 'Thy Kingdom Come' prayer initiative takes place from May 30 - June 9 ...
The most senior Catholic in Ireland has used his St Patrick's Day speech to highlight the plight of millions of people around the world living as refugees. Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ire...
A group of archbishops and bishops from Ireland are visiting key sites linked to the Battle of the Somme in France. Next Friday marks the one hundredth anniversary of the Battle, which was one...
The co-founder of the organisation which represents a third of Ireland's Catholic priests, has described the gay marriage referendum as "an unmitigated disaster On Friday Ireland became the first cou...
Irish missionaries are spearheading a bid to plant a million trees as part of the re-greening of one of Africa's most parched regions. The Republic has been invited by the United Nations to take a le...
