Rody Sher

Rody Sher

Rody Sher is Interim Editor-in-Chief of CNA's partner agency ACI MENA, the Association for Catholic Information in the Middle East and Northern Africa.

Articles by Rody Sher

Erbil International Airport entry in Erbil, Iraq. Credit: thomas koch/Shutterstock

Iraqi Christians are leaving their homeland once again

Sep 8, 2024 / 06:00 am

Many Iraqi Christians are fleeing the country seeking refuge in neighboring nations before heading to more distant destinations.

St. Paul’s Chaldean Catholic Cathedral in Mosul, Iraq France Yousif

Bell rings out from Catholic cathedral in Mosul for the first time since ISIS occupation

Nov 15, 2022 / 08:25 am

A church bell that was kept hidden by a Muslim family during the Islamic State’s occupation of Mosul rang out above St. Paul’s Chaldean Catholic Cathedral on Sunday for the first time in eight years.

An Iraqi woman holding a rosary. Elise Harris/CNA.

Iraqi Christians face uncertain future after eviction from ‘Virgin Mary compound’ in Baghdad

Oct 19, 2022 / 09:10 am

The Chaldean patriarch and an auxiliary bishop of Baghdad recently visited the Baghdad compound in an effort to find alternative shelter for families.

Father Ragheed Ganni Chaldean Patriarchate

A Priest and Martyr for the Faith: The cause for the beatification of Father Ragheed Ganni

Aug 19, 2022 / 02:40 am

It has been fifteen years since the martyrdom of Father Ragheed Ganni, the Chaldean priest of the Holy Spirit parish and the secretary of the Bishop of Mosul, the martyr Archbishop Faraj Rahho. Father Ganni may soon be given the title ‘blessed.’