In the ruins of the ancient Assyrian metropolis Nineveh, in modern Iraq, researchers have unearthed a rare artifact: a massive stone relief depicting important deities and Ashurbanipal, the last ...

Archaeologists who are excavating the ancient city of Nineveh in Iraq have discovered a rare stone carving depicting the last ruler of the Assyrian Empire flanked by important gods. The slab was ...

For the first time since 2006, the New Orleans Saints will start the season with both a new head coach and new quarterback.

Pope meets Assyrian Church leader, calls for pastoral cooperation Francis expresses the hope that one day members of both Catholic and Assyrian churches can, as a fulfillment of unity, celebrate ...

The Assyrian hostages, 226 of them, were taken to ISIS-controlled territory nearby. They were harassed and repeatedly pressured to convert to Islam but were otherwise relatively unharmed. It seems ...

A new magnetic survey of the ancient Assyrian capital of Khorsabad has revealed several structures, including a villa, buried underground. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Following the second meeting between Pope Francis and Mar Awa III, ACI Mena, CNA's Arabic-language news partner, conducted an exclusive interview with the catholicos-patriarch of the Assyrian Church ...

The Assyrian Church of the East traces its origins to the Apostolic Age, specifically to the evangelization efforts of St. Thomas and his disciples St. Addai and St. Mari in Mesopotamia.

This recognition of the validity of the Assyrian Mass came despite the fact that its Eucharistic ... In 2023, Pope Francis added 21 Coptic Orthodox martyrs to Catholicism’s register of saints.

In Rome, the pope and the catholicos of the Assyrian Church of the East hold an historic meeting, following in the footsteps of the Common Christological Declaration signed on 11 November 1994 by Sain ...

CNA Newsroom, Nov 9, 2024 / 09:00 am. Pope Francis announced on Saturday that St. Isaac of Nineveh, a seventh-century Assyrian bishop venerated across Christian traditions, will be added to the ...

VATICAN - Ecumenism and Saints: Pope Francis embraces Assyrian Patriarch Mar Awa and announces the inscription of Saint Isaac of Nineveh in the Roman Martyrology. Saturday, 9 November 2024 ...