Marking Independence Day in 2012, His Majesty King Abdullah bestowed on “the House of Peace for the Elderly” (Dar es Salam for the Elderly), located in Tla’ Al ‘Ali, Amman, the Order of Al Hussein for Distinguished Contributions of the Second Class, marking its noble humanitarian efforts being carried out since its establishment in 1976. This accredited House is the brainchild of a girl born in Albania and named Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. She was later known in Calcutta, India, by the name of “Mother Teresa”.

A year on, the monk talks about the liturgies celebrated in the areas that are in the hands of the jihadists, adding that today “Russia could welcome the displaced and refugees fleeing Syria, to show its love for the Syrian people”

Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael I stated this in a document analysing Iraq’s political situation: “political hunters” are trying to use them “to gain political benefits”.

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We Christians and Muslims, where to?

On 12 June 1991, a UN- charted aeroplane landed at Habbanyia air base (55 miles west of Baghdad), it was the first traveller by air to Iraq after the first Gulf war. On board, was Mother Teresa who had permission to fly to Iraq due to her old age and the nature of her humanitarian mission. Many Iraqis rushed to the usual hotels to find out where she was staying but they were met with the same reply: despite reserving their best suite for her, Mother Teresa wished to stay at the convent in al- Za’afarania district of Baghdad.

Francis praises Missionaries of Charity founder for putting mercy into action and after canonisation ceremony gives lunch to 1,500 poor in Vatican.

Pope Francis has held up Mother Teresa as a model for the Church’s service to the marginalised while praising her political interventions for revealing the guilt world leaders bear for the “crime of poverty.”

Staffan de Mistura on “how Mother Teresa got the White House involved in order to get aid to the Sudanese city of Juba”.

Pope Francis is canonizing the “politically incorrect” Albanian nun who devoted her life to looking after the poorest, giving them back their dignity

Sister Mary “Prema” Pierick, Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity, talks about the service the nuns are currently engaged in: living the Gospel of Charity in the hope of reaching China too.

Khalil Thahir Sindhu, a friend of Shahbaz Bhatti’s says he is optimistic and prays the rosary every day for the woman. He also supports changes to ensure the blasphemy law is no longer abused.