U.S. passes bill aiding Christians and Yazidis victims of genocide
“In response to the ISIS genocide against Christians, Yazidis and other religious and ethnic minorities, the House of Representatives unanimously passed (6th June) the bipartisan Iraq and Syria Genocide Emergency Relief and Accountability Act to concretely help them in Iraq and Syria,” the rapporteur Rep. Chris Smith says. Among other
146 Christian families return to Qaraqosh
Fr. Majeed: «I am really happy when I bless their new houses» In the last weeks 146 Christian families, that had been living in Ankawa (Erbil) as "displaced people", returned home, to Qaraqosh. They left their city three years ago because of the Islamic State, who attacked the Nineveh Plains
Fr. Andrzej Halemba Presents the Work of NRC to His Holiness Pope Francis
Father Andrzej Halemba, of ACN, the Acting Chairman of Nineveh Reconstruction Committee (NRC), presents the the Committee to His Holiness Pope Francis asking for his blessing of its work and workers.
Presenting the Nineveh Reconstruction Project during the Annual Conference of Centesimus Annus Pro-Pontifice.
Father Andrzej Halemba of Aid to the Church in Need, presented the reconstruction project to an audience of 200 Catholic economists and worldwide financial sector professionals during the Annual Conference of the foundation Centesimus Annus Pro-Pontifice. Vatican, 18-20 May 2017
Presentation of the Nineveh Reconstruction Project at the Vatican to His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin
Father Andrew Halemba and Marcela Szymanski of Aid to the Church in Need presenting the Nineveh Reconstruction Project to His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin on 19 May 2017. Cardinal Parolin expressed his full support, not only for the project itself but for the structures set up via the committee to
Nuncio to Iraq: Reconstruction Increases Christian Unity and Communion
In a letter to Patriarch Sako, Mgr Ortega Martín says that cooperation between Churches is a "strong show of communion” in the face of persecution and violence. The prelate notes that it is everyone's responsibility to favour the return of refugees to their homes. He praises refugees who "after
ACN appeals to the international community for a “Marshall Plan” for Nineveh Plains – Press Release
ACN appeals to the international community for a "Marshall Plan" for Nineveh Plains 250 million dollars are needed for the rebuilding of almost 13,000 homes in the Nineveh Plains in Iraq. The pontifical foundation, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), has called on every political, religious and humanitarian organization
ACN Begins the Reconstruction with the “Olive Tree Ceremony”
Aid to the Church in Need begins the reconstruction with the “Olive Tree Ceremony” On Monday morning, 8th May, the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need consecrated three building sites in the villages of Bartella, Karamless and Baghdeda (Qaraqosh) for the reconstruction of the first 105 houses belonging
The First Meeting of NRC
The first meeting of the Nineveh Reconstruction Committee took place today (Sunday, the 7th May 2017) by the seat of the Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Erbil. The meeting began with a prayer. Each member of the Committee updated the other members about the reconstruction of the towns and villages on the