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I preached about it last weekend. Now, there’s more. This just in, from My Day Job Desk: Catholic Near East Welfare Association has launched a campaign to rush emergency assistance to tens of thousands...
View ArticleIraq’s Way of the Cross: “We appeal with sadness and pain to save these...
The situation grows worse with every passing day. From our regional director at CNEWA: Early this morning, we learned that the fighters of ISIS (the Islamic State) have conquered all the Christian...
View ArticleIn Iraq, creating camps for Christian refugees
From CNEWA: This morning, I spoke with a member of the San Egidio Community in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Erbil, who has been very active in responding to the needs of displaced Christian families. He...
View ArticleFAQ on Christian persecution in Iraq
The following comes from the Archdiocese of Toronto website. It’s a very good primer on what is happening in Iraq—and how you can help. *** Earlier this week, Cardinal Thomas Collins released a...
View ArticleFrom CNEWA: In Iraq, “the needs are overwhelming”
The latest on the ground: This morning, we received an email from our regional director Michel Constantin in Beirut, who described his phone conversation with Bishop Geryes El Kass Moussa, patriarchal...
View ArticleA plea for Iraq: “As a daughter of Nineveh, a sister in Christ, I write to you…”
This morning, I got an unexpected phone call from Mother Olga of the Sacred Heart, who runs a community of sisters in the Archdiocese of Boston known as the Daughters of Mary of Nazareth. Mother Olga...
View ArticleWant to support Iraqi Christians? Here’s a great fundraiser
And it was all started by a deacon. From the CNEWA blog, One-to-One: A couple days ago, I got an email from Deacon Charles Rohrbacher in the Diocese of Juneau (Alaska), who wanted me to know about a...
View ArticleA nun writes from Iraq: “We entered the fourth week of displacement…there is...
From the CNEWA blog One-to-One: From Iraq, we received a heart-breaking letter from Sister Maria Hanna, superior general of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena, an Iraqi community of women...
View ArticleA sister writes from Iraq: “The sisters and priests are a sign of hope among...
Sister Maria Goretti Hanna, O.P., and Good Shepherd Sister Marie-Claude Naddaf meet with workers creating shelters for refugees in Erbil, Iraq. (photo: CNEWA) From CNEWA’s blog, One-to-One, a letter...
View ArticleMuslims rally in Paris to protest ISIS; Muslim leaders issue condemnation of...
Details: Hundreds of Muslims have gathered near the Grand Mosque in Paris to condemn the execution of the French tourist, Herve Gourdel, by Islamic State-linked jihadists and the rise of Islamophobia...
View ArticleFinding light in darkness: love and endurance in an Iraqi refugee camp
A sister helps Ghanaem Yadago, who is blind, find his way to his room at a refugee shelter set up for the sick and disabled in Erbil, Iraq. (photo: Don Duncan/CNEWA) A moving account of one family’s...
View ArticleHello, Lawn Guyland!
If anyone is interested, I’ll be visiting St. James Catholic Church in Setauket this Sunday on behalf of CNEWA. I’ll be preaching at the 11:30 am Mass about the work we’re undertaking in the Middle...
View Article“We cannot resign ourselves to thinking about the Middle East without...
Pope Francis delivered that comment this morning. From Vatican Radio: Pope Francis convened a Consistory of Cardinals on Monday morning in the Vatican. Originally scheduled in order to proceed with...
View ArticleInside Iraq: “I cry every day. I pray and I am fasting. I am simply hoping…”
The Autumn edition of ONE, the magazine of CNEWA, is now online, and the centerpiece is an astonishing and moving glimpse at life for Iraqi Christian refugees in Erbil. Journalist Don Duncan captures...
View ArticleAfter 100 days, “dire situations” for Christians in Iraq
A new report from CNEWA’s blog One-to-One: After 100 days away from their homes, churches, and lands, more than 20,000 Christian families find themselves in dire situations where they have to fight...
View ArticleIn Iraq, “Christianity is bleeding”
The latest on the ground, from CNEWA’s blog One-to-One and Dominican Sister Maria Hanna: After four months of exile there are no signs of hope that the situation here in Iraq will be resolved...
View ArticleHello, Long Island
If you’re in the neighborhood this weekend: I’ll be visiting Curé of Ars Catholic Church in Merrick, Long Island and preaching at all the Masses. The topic: persecuted Christians. Four months after...
View ArticleHitting the road: The Bench and CNEWA visit Long Island
The past couple of days I found myself on a rare weekend away from my home parish, giving talks at Curé of Ars Catholic Church in Merrick, New York. I was there with two of my colleagues from CNEWA,...
View ArticleHere it is: "One-to-One"
At long last, Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA) and its magazine ONE (where I serve as Executive Editor) now has its very own blog. Ladies and gentlemen, I’m proud to introduce you to...
View ArticleBehold, the Orthodox deacons of Ethiopia
Do you have vestments like these? Over at our CNEWA blog, ONE-TO-ONE, there’s an interesting look at the clergy in that part of the world: Traditionally, a priest’s primary duty is the celebration of...
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