There have been two solar eclipses: The first occurred on August 21st, 2017, and the second one will occur on April 8th, 2024. It appears that these two eclipses mark a giant "X marks the spot" on ...

As the shadows lengthen in the late Yom Kippur afternoon, we sit back in our seats, reading again the fascinating story of the prophet Jonah, one of the greatest stories of repentance in all of ...

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COMMENTARY: One beautiful sign of hope is the opening of a new church in Erbil, where the first Masses were to be celebrated at Christmas. Christian worshippers gather around a bonfire outside the ...

On August 6, 2014, after an attack on Yazidis in Sinjar, Daesh came after Christians in Nineveh Plains. Over night, Daesh captured 13 villages and forced thousands of Christians to flee their homes ...

Error occured during this request! Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – “It is one of the greatest moments of my life,” said the Iraqi Minister of ...

I recently re-read the story many call “Jonah and the whale” and I could not help but compare Jonah and Nineveh with the Philippines. Filipinos today are much like Jonah when it comes to calling out ...

Isis has destroyed a 2,000-year-old ancient structure near the Iraqi city of Mosul. The Mashqi Gate, also known as the Gate of God, was one of a number of grand gates which guarded the ancient ...