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Iraq - and how you can help

Archdeacon Bill Schwartz visited Erbil to find that Iraqis need help, not only to survive, but also to stay in their country.

13 August 2014

Wales: US female bishops to attend women bishops law event

Two women bishops from the United States will take part in a conference in Cardiff next month as legislation allowing women to be ordained as bishops in Wales comes into effect.

13 August 2014

Christians worldwide pray for peace in Iraq

Archbishop Francisco da Silva, the Primate of Brazil, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, and the Primate of Australia Philip Freier, are among those joining the worldwide call for prayer

13 August 2014

Archbishop of Canterbury interviewed about Iraq crisis

Abp Justin: there is "a sense of near despair at the fact that we've got to this point”.

12 August 2014

バグダッドの聖公会教区司祭「洗礼を授けた子がISISによって半分に切り裂かれた」

バグダッドの聖公会の創立会員の息子(5)が、過激派組織「イラク・シリア・イスラム国(ISIS)」(※1)によってキリスト教徒の町カラコシュが攻撃された間に、半分に切り裂かれた。

12 August 2014

Helping Churches Respond To Crises in Iraq And Gaza

To help churches engage with the terrible suffering happening in Gaza and Iraq, Christian Aid has produced some resources to help Christians reflect, pray and act.

12 August 2014

Vicario de Bagdad: Necesitamos una accion militar ahora

Vicario de Bagdad: Necesitamos una accion militar ahora

Acabo de regresar de una visita secreta a Qaraqosh - una vez la ciudad cristiana más grande de Irak, pero ya no.

11 August 2014

Vicar of Baghdad: We need military action Now

I have just returned from a secret visit to Qaraqosh – once the largest Christian town in Iraq, but no longer.

11 August 2014

Globally tens of thousands, including Abp Tutu, took the streets on Saturday over Israel's military action in Gaza

Globally tens of thousands, including Abp Tutu, took the streets on Saturday over military action in Gaza

11 August 2014

Anglican Vicar of Baghdad: “Child I baptised cut in half by ISIS”

The five-year-old son of a founding member of Baghdad’s Anglican church was cut in half during an attack by the Islamic State on the Christian town of Qaraqosh.

08 August 2014