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Who funds the reconstruction of churches destroyed by ISIS in Iraq

Posted on June 3, 2024June 4, 2024by Catholic Radar FM

(ACIMENA. Georgina Behnam Hababa).

The donation of two wealthy Frenchmen from their inheritance to rebuild the Umm al-Ma’una Church and its school in Mosul, Iraq , which was destroyed at the hands of the terrorist organization ISIS, received prominent appreciation and appreciation. The issue prompted many questions about the sources of funding for the reconstruction of churches destroyed by the terrorist organization in Mosul and its environs, and whether the Iraqi state also bears responsibility for financing this reconstruction.

In this regard, Bishop Mikhail Najib, the Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul, praised the donors’ initiative and the cooperation of the “Save the Christians of the East” organization, and thanked all the supporting and assisting institutions, in a special interview with “Asi Mina” .

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Sako calls for a unified civil law for personal status in Iraq

Posted on May 30, 2024by Catholic Radar FM

(ACIMENA. Georgina Behnam Hababa).

Patriarch of the Chaldean Church, Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, called on the Iraqi state to issue a unified civil law for personal status to address religious, sectarian and cultural pluralism. He considered that his proposal would remove the country from its sectarian divisions and enhance the national and humanitarian sense and the values of coexistence.

In his speech at a conference on “Personal Status Law for Christians in Iraq,” Sako promised yesterday at the Catholic University in Erbil, Iraq, that legislating a new law specifically for Christians’ personal status is necessary. He saw this as a guarantee of their rights and stability for their families, in the absence of a unified civil law.

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Mass at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Mosul after 17 years of closure

Posted on May 23, 2024May 23, 2024by Catholic Radar FM

(AciMena. Georgina Behnam Hababa).

The Iraqi Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul, Bishop Michael Najib, confirmed that the Church of the Holy Spirit in Mosul deserves the title of the Church of the Martyrs.

Naguib explained in an exclusive interview with “Asi Mina” , after he chaired yesterday, Sunday, the celebration of the first Mass in the Church of the Holy Spirit, which has been closed for nearly two decades, on the occasion of Pentecost, that the hand of terrorism assassinated Father Ragheed Kani and his companions here , after he celebrated Mass on the same occasion in 2007.

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Al-Rai refuses to link the election of a president to the Gaza war

Posted on May 22, 2024June 3, 2024by Catholic Radar FM

(Asi Meena Team).

Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros Al-Rai continues to push for filling the presidential vacancy in Lebanon, and to stop violating the constitution in this area. Al-Rai rejects some officials’ use of the Gaza war as an excuse and linking the election of a new president to it and its repercussions in the region and the world.

While presiding over the Mass of Pentecost in Bkerke, Lebanon today, Al-Rahi stressed in his sermon that “it is necessary to have a president of the republic who alone can sit at the negotiating table.” He added: “For us, there is no justification for not electing the President of the Republic so that the constitutional institutions are organized, the Constitution is preserved, and violations of it are stopped on a daily basis.”