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April 14, 2015

Cardinal says education is key to Iraqi refugees' recovery

Displaced Iraqi children stand in a classroom of a school used as a shelter in the city of Ramadi April 11. Educating children is the best way to help displaced Iraqi Christians recover from the traumatic experience of being chased from their homes by Is lamic State militants, said Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster after an April 11-12 visit to Irbil.

VATICAN CITY - Educating children is the best way to help displaced Iraqi Christians recover from the traumatic experience of being chased from their homes by Islamic State militants, said Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, England, after an April 11-12 visit to Irbil.

Published in International
January 8, 2015

Pope meets leaders of Yezidi community facing Islamic State persecution

Yezidi demonstrators protest Islamic State militants in Hanover, Germany, Aug. 12. The Vatican called on Muslim leaders to condemn the "barbarity" and "unspeakable criminal acts" of Islamic State militants in Iraq, saying a failure to do so would jeopardize the future of interreligious dialogue.

VATICAN CITY - In his appeals for an end to the persecution of minorities in Syria and Iraq, Pope Francis often has mentioned both the Christians and the Yezidis attacked by Islamic State fighters.

Published in International