Iraq Opens New Coptic Cathedral in Baghdad Welcoming Diaspora Christians to Return Safely

'Iraq Is Safe and Needs Them': Iraq Urges Christians Driven Out by ISIS To Return as New Cathedral Opens

Iraqi Christians are urged to return as Baghdad opens its first Coptic Orthodox cathedral, but security and religious freedom concerns remain.

Iraq opens new Coptic cathedral in Baghdad welcoming diaspora Christians to return safely

"The opening of the Cathedral of the Virgin Mary, St. Paul, and St. Anthony for the Copts in Baghdad holds great symbolic significance, as it is the first of its kind in Iraq," Hammadi said.

Iraq urges Christians driven out by ISIS to return as new cathedral opens

Iraq’s Christians received a message of hope this week when a Coptic Orthodox cathedral opened in Baghdad, with officials urging Christians who had left to come home.