NESTORIAN CHURCH. The proper name of the church that is called Nestorian or Assyrian is the Ancient Church of the East. Nestorian is an appellation dating from the fifth century and Assyrian from the nineteenth. By East is meant those ancient...

The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East[1] (Syriac: ܥܕܬܐ ܩܕܝܫܬܐ ܘܫܠܝܚܝܬܐ ܩܬܘܠܝܩܝ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ ܕܐܬܘܪ̈ܝܐ) under His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV is a Christian church that traces its origins to the See of...

Coakley is an unusual combination of New Testament scholar and mission historian; the language of Syriac, a dialect of Aramaic, provides the link. Formerly of Lancaster University, England, he is now senior lecturer in Near Eastern languages at Harvard. He has produced...

This year marks the fifth anniversary of a Vatican document about which most Catholics know very little, Guidelines for Admission to the Eucharist between the Chaldean Church and the Assyrian Church of the East. It was signed on July 20, 2001, but it...

Pope Benedict XVI said Thursday he was greatly concerned about the fate of Christians in Iraq, returning to a theme he discussed with President Bush earlier this month.The pope also denounced the slaying of a Catholic priest in Iraq as a "barbaric killing," and lamented...

The Chaldean patriarch of Baghdad, recently named Iraq's first cardinal, said Tuesday that rising violence has made life worse for Iraqi Christians since the U.S.-led invasion, but he is optimistic that "peace will prevail."Emmanuel III Delly, who will go to the Vatican next month to...