Thursday, March 5, 2015
Standing With Our Christian Brothers and Sisters in Iraq
By: Michael J. Matt | Editor
The Christians of Iraq are one of the oldest continuous Christian communities in the world.
In Iraq, Christians numbered about 1,500,000 in 2003, representing just over 5% of the population of the country. They numbered over 1.4 million in 1987 or 8% of the population.
After theIraq War, it was estimated that the number of Christians in Iraq had dropped to less than 450,000 by 2013 - with estimates as low as 200,000. Chaldean Catholics form the biggest group among the Christians of Iraq.
In Iraq, Christians numbered about 1,500,000 in 2003, representing just over 5% of the population of the country. They numbered over 1.4 million in 1987 or 8% of the population.
After theIraq War, it was estimated that the number of Christians in Iraq had dropped to less than 450,000 by 2013 - with estimates as low as 200,000. Chaldean Catholics form the biggest group among the Christians of Iraq.
God help us to never forget them and keep them in our prayers each and every day.
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Michael J. Matt | Editor
Michael J. Matt has been an editor of The Remnant since 1990. Since 1994, he has been the newspaper's editor. A graduate of Christendom College, Michael Matt has written hundreds of articles on the state of the Church and the modern world. He is the host of The Remnant Underground and Remnant TV's The Remnant Forum. He's been U.S. Coordinator for Notre Dame de Chrétienté in Paris--the organization responsible for the Pentecost Pilgrimage to Chartres, France--since 2000. Mr. Matt has led the U.S. contingent on the Pilgrimage to Chartres for the last 24 years. He is a lecturer for the Roman Forum's Summer Symposium in Gardone Riviera, Italy. He is the author of Christian Fables, Legends of Christmas and Gods of Wasteland (Fifty Years of Rock ‘n’ Roll) and regularly delivers addresses and conferences to Catholic groups about the Mass, home-schooling, and the culture question. Together with his wife, Carol Lynn and their seven children, Mr. Matt currently resides in St. Paul, Minnesota.