Today, he is the head of the monastery, which is located in Sulaymaniyah, in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. As well as Fr. Petzold--now an ordained priest in the Chaldean Catholic Church--the ...

The trial of a Tunisian man charged with the triple murder of visitors and staff at the Notre Dame Basilica in the southern ...

Fr. Jens Petzold, a Swiss priest based in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, speaks to Vatican News about his work ...

They helped the U.S. military order airstrikes against Taliban and Islamic State fighters and worked as drivers and ...

German theologian and journalist Matthias Kopp -- spokesman for the German Bishops' Conference and a consultant to the ...

German theologian and journalist Matthias Kopp was in Iraq this week to present his new book, “The Christian Legacy in Iraq.” ...

The Hutchinson Public Library has an important new book available to anyone with a library card. This book, by Ms. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, is titled “Heretic: Why Islam needs a Reformation Now.” I would ...

For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul ...

This could allow for the peaceful expression “of a broader ideological variety within the Sunni community,” as noted by Levantine Press, a news and analysis outlet that focuses on the Levant ...

Both at home and abroad we have much more to do to more fully secure religious liberty for all people of faith,” the vice ...