tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17398784Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:32:08 +0000“Baghdad ha perduto la sua bellezza e non ne è rimasto che il nome. Rispetto a ciò che essa era un tempo, prima che gli eventi la colpissero e gli occhi delle calamità si rivolgessero a lei, essa non è più che una traccia annullata, o una sembianza di emergente fantasma” Ibn Battutahttp://baghdadhope.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (baghdadhope)Blogger1613125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17398784.post-7673020830791427376Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:28:00 +00002009-11-09T00:32:08.095+01:00By BaghdadhopeSecondo quanto riportato dal sito Ankawa.com ieri mattina le forze di polizia irachene hanno evacuato la chiesa caldea di San Paolo in prossimità della quale erano stati ritrovati quattro ordigni disinnescati poi nel primo pomeriggio. http://baghdadhope.blogspot.com/2009/11/quattro-ordigni-rinvenuti-nei-pressi-di.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (baghdadhope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17398784.post-7590881241402137274Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:21:00 +00002009-11-09T00:31:48.030+01:00By BaghdadhopeAccording to what reported by the site Ankawa.com yesterday morning the Iraqi police force evacuated the Chaldean church of Saint Paul in Mosul near which four explosive devices had been found. The explosive devices were defused by police in the early afternoon. http://baghdadhope.blogspot.com/2009/11/four-explosive-devices-found-near.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (baghdadhope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17398784.post-5768105474536622490Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:32:00 +00002009-11-09T00:18:16.424+01:00Source: ZenitBy Genevieve PollockARBIL, Iraq, NOV. 6, 2009See the video AN OPEN DOOR Episode 1. (29.37) by Charity and Justice Foundation by clicking hereA new video documentary produced by Catholics in Iraq invites people to experience the history, culture, martyrs and struggles of one of the oldest Christian communities. Hank and Diane McCormick, a missionary couple working in Northern Iraq, http://baghdadhope.blogspot.com/2009/11/iraqi-christians-long-history.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (baghdadhope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17398784.post-7247190717564056965Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:31:00 +00002009-11-05T22:34:19.153+01:00Fonte: L'Osservatore Romano 6 novembreSono 350.000 i rifugiati iracheni che hanno fatto ritorno a casa dopo anni di esilio forzato a causa del conflitto, ma la maggior parte di loro non ha trovato né un posto dove stare, né un lavoro. A denunciarlo è l'Organizzazione internazionale per le migrazioni (Oim), secondo la quale le famiglie che tornano nel luogo d'origine "devono far fronte a problemi http://baghdadhope.blogspot.com/2009/11/restano-senza-casa-i-rifugiati-che.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (baghdadhope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17398784.post-2386407583916367753Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:24:00 +00002009-11-05T22:31:20.087+01:00SakoFonte: L'Osservatore RomanoCitta' del Vaticano, 6 novembre di Francesco RicuperoA poco più di due mesi dalle elezioni politiche in Iraq, il Paese sembra essere scosso nuovamente da una spirale di violenza che rischia di compromettere il processo di pace. Per sapere come gli iracheni, e soprattutto i cristiani, si stanno preparando a questa nuova tornata elettorale, lo abbiamo chiesto http://baghdadhope.blogspot.com/2009/11/per-un-iraq-sereno-e-pacifico.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (baghdadhope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17398784.post-3364046289738013294Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:13:00 +00002009-11-05T07:20:15.614+01:00Fonte: Senato della Repubblica Italiana Il Senato,premesso che:la Chiesa italiana è la prima a sostenere i cristiani nel mondo, e paga con i suoi missionari, suore, preti e laici un prezzo di persecuzione sempre più pesante soprattutto in quei Paesi dove sono presenti regimi totalitari;il 13 agosto 2009 ci sono state ulteriori persecuzioni di cristiani, questa volta in Sudan, dove sette cattolicihttp://baghdadhope.blogspot.com/2009/11/senato-legislatura-16-aula-resoconto.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (baghdadhope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17398784.post-3690925630673308806Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:08:00 +00002009-11-05T07:10:12.721+01:00Fonte: SIR“Una vergogna, semplicemente una vergogna”: non usa mezzi termini il vicario patriarcale di Baghdad, mons. Shlemon Warduni, nel bocciare la sentenza con la quale, ieri, la Corte europea dei diritti dell'uomo ha definito come “una violazione del diritto dei genitori a educare i figli secondo le loro convinzioni” la presenza del Crocifisso in classe. “Questa sentenza è una sciagura per http://baghdadhope.blogspot.com/2009/11/crocifisso-nelle-scuole-warduni-baghdad.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (baghdadhope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17398784.post-644385918807538833Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:02:00 +00002009-11-05T07:08:15.210+01:00Source: SIR“A shame, it’s simply a shame”: the patriarchal vicar of Baghdad, mgr. Shlemon Warduni, does not mince his words in condemning the sentence with which yesterday the European Court for Human Rights defined the presence of a Crucifix in a classroom as a “violation of the parents’ right to raise their children according to their own beliefs”. “This decree is a disgrace for all http://baghdadhope.blogspot.com/2009/11/crucifix-at-school-warduni-baghdad.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (baghdadhope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17398784.post-475150116284204250Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:13:00 +00002009-11-03T16:42:22.133+01:00By Baghdadhope Source: Inquirer.net Agence France-PresseAMMAN--Jordan has granted citizenship to the wife and sons of Iraq's jailed former deputy premier Tareq Aziz, who have lived in the kingdom since the 2003 US-led invasion, an official said on Tuesday."The council of ministers granted Jordanian citizenship on Monday to Saddam Tareq Aziz and his mother Violet Yusef Nobud," the official told http://baghdadhope.blogspot.com/2009/11/jordan-oks-citizenship-of-tareq-azizs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (baghdadhope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17398784.post-4433709349745859610Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:06:00 +00002009-11-03T16:13:21.281+01:00By Baghdadhope Source: Asia Times Online By Stephen Starr DAMASCUS - Like thousands of other Iraqi refugees, Leila Johana Isho lives in a state of flux. Driven from Baghdad after seeing her husband abducted by a group of Saddam Hussein-era loyalists, she and her three children are holding up in a three-room apartment, where they share a single bedroom. "The main problem for us right now is the http://baghdadhope.blogspot.com/2009/11/refugees-turn-their-backs-on-iraq.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (baghdadhope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17398784.post-5072706822410628057Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:21:00 +00002009-11-02T06:27:57.187+01:00By BaghdadhopeSource: The 34th Red Bull Infantry DivisionBy: Spc. Stephanie Cassinos. Sun Nov. 01, 2009 CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE BASRA, Iraq – St. Efram Elementary happily took a break from their school day to welcome and entertain some unexpected visitors.Soldiers from Contingency Operating Base Basra were greeted by a chorus of little voices singing the Iraqi National Anthem when they http://baghdadhope.blogspot.com/2009/11/elementary-school-teaches-more-than.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (baghdadhope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17398784.post-4280630428405050680Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:23:00 +00002009-10-29T20:02:38.208+01:00By BaghdadhopeSource: IRINDAMAS, 29 octobre 2009 (IRIN) - Leila Johanna Isho, réfugiée irakienne, est déterminée à tout faire pour que cette année soit sa dernière année en Syrie. «La plus grande partie de ma famille est éparpillée en Europe, et j’ai un cousin au Canada, donc la destination nous est égale, mais nous devons partir, car ici, la vie devient trop difficile», a dit Mme Isho, assise http://baghdadhope.blogspot.com/2009/10/syrie-des-milliers-de-refugies-irakiens.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (baghdadhope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17398784.post-7397348773527904696Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:28:00 +00002009-10-28T22:37:08.154+01:00Source: IRINDAMASCUS, 28 October 2009 - Iraqi refugee Leila Johanna Isho is determined to make this her last year in Syria. “Most of our family is scattered across Europe and I have a cousin in Canada so we don’t mind where we move, but we have to move because life is becoming too difficult here,” said Isho, sitting with her three children in their cramped single-room apartment in Masakin Berzeh,http://baghdadhope.blogspot.com/2009/10/syria-thousands-of-iraqi-refugees-seek.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (baghdadhope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17398784.post-6316389697147592877Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:19:00 +00002009-10-28T22:25:55.205+01:00Fonte: Avveniredi Andrea Lavazza «Un’altra tappa importante, un impegno ancor più concreto dell’Europa nel combattere le persecuzioni religiose». È visibilmente soddisfatto il ministro degli Esteri Franco Frattini, di ritorno dal Consiglio Affari generali e relazioni esterne della Ue tenutosi a Lussemburgo. La tenace iniziativa italiana a favore delle minoranze cristiane nel mondo ha ottenuto un http://baghdadhope.blogspot.com/2009/10/frattini-ora-interverranno-gli.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (baghdadhope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17398784.post-8783077787335349206Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:29:00 +00002009-10-28T06:36:29.971+01:00By BaghdadhopeSource: US Department of State IRAQSYRIAJORDAN TURKEYIRANFollowing an excerpt about Iraq by AINAReported estimates from Christian leaders of the Christian population in 2003 ranged from 800,000 to 1.4 million. Current population estimates by Christian leaders range from 500,000 to 600,000. Approximately two-thirds of Christians are Chaldeans (an eastern rite of the Catholic Church),http://baghdadhope.blogspot.com/2009/10/us-department-os-stare-2009-report-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (baghdadhope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17398784.post-6382432736880967372Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:48:00 +00002009-10-26T17:51:00.619+01:00http://baghdadhope.blogspot.com/2009/10/baghdad-blasts-kill-dozens.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (baghdadhope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17398784.post-5045074862569125674Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:18:00 +00002009-10-26T17:26:39.805+01:00Fonte: La Stampa 26 ottobre 2009in Tracce.itRipetuti attacchi contro una minoranza decimata. Il vescovo caldeo: "C'è un piano per farci sparire."Di Aseel Kamal, MosulIl numero dei cristiani in Iraq è precipitato da un milione e trecentomila unità, il dato precedente alla guerra lanciata dagli americani nel 2003, agli attuali quattrocentomila circa. A stimare la cifra che da sola racconta il http://baghdadhope.blogspot.com/2009/10/iraq-i-cristiani-perseguitati.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (baghdadhope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17398784.post-6488528337562003236Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:54:00 +00002009-10-26T15:57:05.336+01:00Fonte: SIRUn massacro incredibile le cui cause potrebbero essere ricercate, anche, nelle prossime elezioni di gennaio. E’ in sintesi quanto ha spiegato al Sir il vicario patriarcale di Baghdad, mons. Shlemon Warduni, commentando l’attentato che ieri ha sconvolto la Zona verde, teoricamente quella più protetta data la presenza di Ministeri e ambasciate straniere, della capitale irachena. 165 le http://baghdadhope.blogspot.com/2009/10/iraq-warduni-baghdad-un-massacro.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (baghdadhope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17398784.post-905369320467246826Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:52:00 +00002009-10-26T15:56:43.472+01:00Source: SIRAn incredible massacre, the cause of which might be the forthcoming January election. This is briefly what has been explained to SIR by the patriarchal vicar of Baghdad, mgr. Shlemon Warduni, as he commented the terrorist attack that yesterday shocked the Green Area, theoretically the one most protected in the Iraqi capital, as many Ministries and foreign embassies are based there. 165http://baghdadhope.blogspot.com/2009/10/iraq-warduni-baghdad-incredible.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (baghdadhope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17398784.post-4492775253514277786Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:22:00 +00002009-10-24T22:30:44.779+02:00Source: TimeBy Vivienne Walt / Paris Friday, Oct. 23, 2009When police demolished the illegal refugee squatter camp known as "the Jungle" in northern France in September, the French intended to make a statement — that European governments were finally getting serious about stemming the constant tide of asylum seekers who have fled war-torn Iraq and Afghanistan for the continent. A month later, http://baghdadhope.blogspot.com/2009/10/sending-europes-asylum-seekers-home.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (baghdadhope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17398784.post-2291998933061199077Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:27:00 +00002009-10-23T23:54:55.980+02:00 By BaghdadhopeFonte e foto Kaldaya.netCome annunciato a settembre da Baghdadhope è stata inaugurata la scorsa settimana la prima chiesa cattolica di rito orientale della Repubblica di Georgia: la chiesa caldea dedicata a Mar Shimoun Bar Sabbae. La chiesa, eretta in stile babilonese tanto da ricordare immeditamente la famosa Porta di Ishtar, è affidata a Padre Benyamin Beth Yadegar che proprio inhttp://baghdadhope.blogspot.com/2009/10/prima-chiesa-caldea-in-georgia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (baghdadhope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17398784.post-1160525746169445906Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:27:00 +00002009-10-23T23:53:59.254+02:00 By BaghdadhopeSource and photos: Kaldaya.netAs reported in september by Baghdadhope on last week the first catholic church of Oriental Rite in the Republic of Georgia has been consecrated: the Chaldean Church dedicated to Mar Shimoun Bar Sabbae.The church built in Babylonian style resembles the famous Ishtar Gate and is in the care of Father Benyamin Beth Yadegar who in the same day of its http://baghdadhope.blogspot.com/2009/10/first-chaldean-church-in-georgia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (baghdadhope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17398784.post-8944213126078873169Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:33:00 +00002009-10-23T15:42:21.839+02:00By Baghdadhope Some recent articles about the situation of the Christian community of Kirkuk: A fragile lightIraq: In disputed Kirkuk, Christian presence is often appreciated but sometimes targeted by Mindy Belz source: Worldmag.com Christians at risk in northern Iraqsource: UPI.com Christians fleeing kirkukSource: Niqash http://baghdadhope.blogspot.com/2009/10/to-be-christian-in-kirkuk-iraq.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (baghdadhope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17398784.post-1890950275082571329Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:51:00 +00002009-10-22T22:12:46.903+02:00By BaghdadhopeFonti e foto: Ankawa.com e Diocesi Siro Cattolica di Mosul La prima visita in Iraq del patriarca della chiesa siro cattolica iniziata giovedì 15 ottobre è proseguita con vari incontri con i massimi vertici politici e religiosi. Domenica 18 Mar Ignatius Joseph Younan III, con i vescovi che lo hanno accompagnato in questo viaggio e con Mons. Atanase Mati Shaba Matoka, vescovo di http://baghdadhope.blogspot.com/2009/10/iraq-incontri-politici-ed-ecumenici-per.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (baghdadhope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17398784.post-919958212933484130Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:51:00 +00002009-10-22T22:11:54.684+02:00By BaghdadhopeSources and photos: Ankawa.com and Syriac Catholic Diocese of MosulThe first visit of the Patriarch of the Syriac Catholic church to Iraq that began on Tuesday October 15 continued with different meetings with the top religious and political leaders. On Sunday 18 Mar Ignatius Joseph Younan III, along with the bishops who travelled with him to Iraq and Msgr. Atanase Mati Shaba Matokahttp://baghdadhope.blogspot.com/2009/10/iraq-political-and-ecumenical-meetings.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (baghdadhope)