Pope Francis has always shown deep sensitivity to the plight of ... highlighting the injustices and suffering they endure.

In Rome, the pope and the catholicos of the Assyrian Church of the East hold an historic meeting, following in the footsteps ...

Pope Francis has added Saint Isaac the Syrian (640-700) to the list of saints celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church. Born ...

He was a three-time Purple Heart recipient, Navy and Marine Corps Medal recipient, and Iraq veteran. Since tragedy struck ...

Through three election cycles in Catholicism – conclaves that brought John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis to the papacy – ...

Pope Francis meets Mar Awa III, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian ... Assyrians, members of an ethnic group traditionally ...

Responding to the increasingly dramatic situation of Christians in Iraq following the expansion of ISIS forces to the plain of Nineveh, Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Fernando Filoni as his ...

Iraqi Christians and Muslims alike have expressed excitment for Pope Francis’ upcoming trip to Iraq, an aid worker based in Erbil said. Iraqi Christians and Muslims alike have expressed excitment for ...

In a speech, the pope said that the Christian exodus in Iraq and the Middle East “does an incalculable harm” to the communities they leave behind, stressing that “fraternity is more durable than ...

This month, as we remember our war dead, I also recall the animals killed in war. Here in London, near Hyde Park, we have a ...

As Arnold wrote: Several Khans – particularly the rulers of the Il-Khanate, which occupies current day Iran and Iraq and ...

Carlo Maria Vigano, who once served as the Vatican's Ambassador to the US, was kicked out of the church earlier this year for ...