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International Forum Marks Greek Genocide Commemoration
Chaldean Patriarch: Leo XIV and the Eastern Churches Amid Migration, Dialogue and Synodality
Assyrian Women and Their Mothers
Pope Needs 'Good People' to Work With Eastern Churches, Says Chaldean Patriarch
Upholding Religious Freedom Abroad Advances National Interests
Meeting With Pope Leo XIV: A New Hope for the Eastern Churches
Pope Leo Urges Eastern Christians Not to 'Abandon' Their Homelands
Jubilee of Eastern Churches: Divine Liturgy in the East Syriac Rite
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Conference on Arab Christians Opens in Jordan
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Over a Century After the 1915 Genocides, the World Must Embrace Pope Francis' Moral Clarity
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Australian Party Calls for Recognition of Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides
Assyrian Patriarch Hails Kurdistan As 'Model of Religious Tolerance and Unity'
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Historic Armenian, Assyrian, Greek Genocide Commemoration At St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne
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Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church in India Gets New Catholicos
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The Kurdification of Northern Iraq Threatens Assyrians
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Syrian Pastor Slams Constitution Declaration for Lacking Religious Freedom

International Forum Marks Greek Genocide Commemoration

By Dr. Themistocles Kritikakos

Earlier this week, the Greek-American organisation, the Eastern Mediterranean Business and Cultural Alliance (EMBCA), held its third Forum on the Greek Genocide--a subject long confined to the margins of history.

Chaldean Patriarch: Leo XIV and the Eastern Churches Amid Migration, Dialogue and Synodality

By Dario Salvi

Rome -- The Churches of the Middle East "are facing a very complicated situation," stemming primarily from a "lack of stability", even if "security has improved." The overall context, however, "remains difficult and full of challenges. That is why the support" of Pope Leo XIV is crucial--vital, in fact, "to prevent the disappearance of Christians from the region.

Assyrian Women and Their Mothers

By Barbara Vitello

Former Niles resident and Maine South High School student Atra Asdou, a Lookingglass Theatre Company ensemble member, examines the relationship between Assyrian women and their mothers from the Ottoman Empire to current-day U.S. in the semiautobiographical, adults-only play "Iraq, But Funny.

Pope Needs 'Good People' to Work With Eastern Churches, Says Chaldean Patriarch

By Patrick Hudson

Pope Leo XIV must "find good people" to guide his engagement with Eastern Churches, according to the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church. The Pope addressed Catholics from the 23 sui iuris Eastern Churches in communion with Rome gathered at the Vatican for their Jubilee celebration on Wednesday, affirming the need for the universal Church to "cherish" their traditions.

Upholding Religious Freedom Abroad Advances National Interests

By Michael Gfoeller and Greg Gross

Religious freedom is the heartbeat of America's 249-year history, a principle etched into its founding and vital to its identity. Under the current administration, countering religious persecution abroad must also be a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy.

Meeting With Pope Leo XIV: A New Hope for the Eastern Churches

A community of Christians in northern Iraq might be forgiven if they feel forgotten by the world. Their numbers, already small, are dwindling. Their religious rituals might feel foreign to most Catholics in the West. "Sometimes we think that we have nothing to offer, that we are few in numbers, and dwindling," said Syriac Catholic Archbishop Nathanael Nizar Wadih Semaan of Adiabene, northern Iraq.


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