Alina Habba, Donald Trump’s senior advisor, was in Michigan recently to spread the word that Michigan’s large Chaldean community has the voting power to flip the battleground state in the former president’s favor on November 5.
Read MoreIn Ankawa, a suburb of the capital city of Iraqi Kurdistan located in the north of the country, hundreds of Christians participated in the Feast of the Cross. The joyous event was marked by high hopes given that the Christians of various traditions that came together for the celebration - Catholic, Orthodox and Assyrian - united for the first time together in celebrating the memory of the finding of the Holy Cross on which Jesus Christ died for the redemption of all.
Read MoreFather Amar Agag, a 38-year-old husband and father of three, was ordained as a priest in the Chaldean Catholic Church in France this past September. While this tradition is common in the Church’s countries of origin in the Middle East, the ordination of married men among Eastern Catholic communities in the diaspora was authorized by Rome only in 2014.
Read MoreChaldean Catholic bishops, in a message sent from their synod meeting in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, have urged their congregations worldwide to show unity and togetherness. In the July 17 message, the bishops encouraged the more than 600,000 members of the Chaldean Catholic Church to remain firm in faith, despite the severe trials they have experienced in recent years.
Read MoreChaldean Catholic bishops, in a message sent from their synod meeting in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, have urged their congregations worldwide to show unity and togetherness. In the July 17 message, the bishops encouraged the more than 600,000 members of the Chaldean Catholic Church to remain firm in faith, despite the severe trials they have experienced in recent years.
Read MoreIn July, thousands of Catholics from across the United States converged on Indianapolis, Indiana, for the National Eucharistic Congress, aiming to re-invigorate passion and devotion by instilling a renewed enthusiasm for the Blessed Sacrament.
Read MoreIn July, thousands of Catholics from across the United States converged on Indianapolis, Indiana, for the National Eucharistic Congress, aiming to re-invigorate passion and devotion by instilling a renewed enthusiasm for the Blessed Sacrament.
Read MoreCardinal Louis Raphael Sako has returned to Iraq after almost a year away from his patriarchal see in Baghdad. His return came after the country’s prime minister signed a decree reinstating the recognition of the cardinal as patriarch of the Chaldean Church, responsible for the church’s property and assets.
Read MoreSAN DIEGO — Jonny Mansour made San Diego boxing fans happy when he made his professional boxing debut with a resounding win at Pechanga Arena on a Saturday in late May. The fight was in the lightweight division at 135 pounds against a fighter who already had 8 professional bouts under his belt.
Read MoreThe presence of tech, specifically Lawrence Technological University (LTU), is growing in Iraq. On a recent visit to the metro Detroit area, the Iraqi prime minister, Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani, had the opportunity to speak with LTU’s president Dr. Tarek Sobh about the university’s agreement with the American University in Baghdad (AUIB).
Read MoreNuman Kurtulmus, Speaker of the Turkish Parliament, sent a letter to Yael Braun-Pivet, President of the French National Assembly, condemning the decision to acknowledge the Assyrian and Chaldean Genocide by the Ottoman Empire adopted by the French National Assembly on April 29.
Read MoreThe Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce’s advocacy efforts paid off on May 14 when Madison Heights City Council rejected a request to open a Sheetz location in the city. Sheetz is an Altoona, Pennsylvania-based company that specializes in large-footprint gas station/convenience stores.
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