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United in Faith: Iraqis celebrate the Feast of Cross

In 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.

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Married Man and Father of Three is Ordained a Chaldean Catholic Priest

Father 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.

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Chaldean Catholic Bishops Call for Unity

Chaldean 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.

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Chaldean Catholic Bishops Call for Unity

Chaldean 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.

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LTU President and Iraqi Prime Minister Meet to Discuss Engineering Education

The 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).

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Turkish Parliament Condemns French Decision on Assyrians, Chaldeans

Numan 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.

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Madison Heights Officials Reject Gas Station Proposal During Contentious Meeting

The 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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