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Iraq: 10 years after ISIS invasion, Christians still need help

Posted on June 28, 2024June 27, 2024by Catholic Radar Al

(The Irisch Catholic).

Chaldean Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil told Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that about 9,000 Christian families have returned to their homes on the Nineveh Plains after fleeing a decade ago, when ISIS took the region.

In June of 2014, the Islamist extremist group captured Mosul and the villages to the north and east of the city, prompting a mass exodus of Christians and Yazidis, among others. The occupation of Mosul left other Christians on the Nineveh Plains vulnerable, and indeed, on August 6, 2014, prompted by further ISIS aggression, the entire Christian population fled to Iraqi Kurdistan.

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Irish bishops delay decision on art by priest accused of abusing women

Posted on April 26, 2024April 26, 2024by Catholic Radar JM

(Chai Brady. The Irish Catholic).

Irish bishops have delayed deciding on the future of artwork in Rome’s Pontifical Irish College by a controversial priest accused of abusing several adult women.

Slovenian artist and priest Fr Marko Rupnik has faced a myriad of accusations of serious sexual and spiritual abuse of at least 20 women since 2018. He was expelled from the Jesuits last year for “disobedience”.

The chapel at the Irish College re-opened in 2010 after extensive remodelling and mosaic work carried out by Fr Rupnik. There is still an image of the controversial priest in the process of his work on the Pontifical Irish College’s website in a section on the college chapel.

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Facebook’s Catholic problem

Posted on April 22, 2024April 26, 2024by Catholic Radar JM

(Ian Dunn.The Iris Catholic).

Facebook may not be the trendiest platform, but it remains incredibly popular. Every month, more than 3 billion people log in.

The company’s grand mission statement is “to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together.” Yet, when it comes to Catholics, the tech giant often seems to distance them.

This week, The Irish Catholic fell afoul of Zuckerberg’s team. Two of our posts were accused of breaching ‘hate speech’ and ‘violence and incitement’ community standards.

The first post linked to an article with the headline ‘Priest will continue blessing planes despite airport ban’, published on April 11, and was flagged for potentially violating their standards for violence and incitement.

The second post, with the headline ‘Catholic schools staunch on religious certificate requirements as INTO puts on pressure’, also published in the April 11 edition of the paper, was flagged as potentially contravening their hate speech standards.

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Papal Nuncio: Ireland’s Western dioceses must ‘pool resources’ to increase vitality

Posted on April 11, 2024April 12, 2024by Catholic Radar JM

(Ruadhán Jones. The Irish Catholic).-

As four dioceses in the West merge, the Papal Nuncio to Ireland said the seismic changes were needed to meet “new challenges” facing the Church, “pooling resources” to increase vitality.

“A gradual process of reorganisation” will “give added impetus and vitality to the communities concerned”, Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor said in a statement today.

His comments come as Pope Francis announced changes that leave the six western dioceses with just three bishops. Archbishop of Tuam Francis Duffy takes over Killala diocese, as Bishop John Fleming (76) retires, while Bishop of Elphin Kevin Doran has been appointed Apostolic Administrator to Achonry, with Bishop Paul Dempsey moving to Dublin as an auxiliary.