Catholic and other faith leaders offered prayers in courtrooms, where deportation hearings were taking place.
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The Rev. Noel Gorgis will continue serving the Chaldean Catholic Church in El Cajon despite his suspension. The head of the Chaldean church told him and other priests in the U.S. to return to Iraq or leave the church. -
The head of the Chaldean Catholic Church is calling for Iraqi-American priests who fled violence in Iraq to return home or leave the church. San Diego County Chaldeans say they will appeal to the Vatican to stop the action. -
The Air Force announced this week airmen aren't required to say "So help me God" as part of the enlistment oath. The decision was prompted by an atheist airman from Creech Air Force Base in Nevada who refused to say those four words in his reenlistment oath, and thus was denied the opportunity to remain in the Air Force. -
Mourners have the chance to pay their respects to the late Cirilo Flores, bishop of the Catholic diocese of San Diego. His funeral will be Wednesday. -
"So help me God." Those four words are at the center of a controversy brewing for an atheist airman who refuses to say them as part of his reenlistment oath, and thus has been denied the opportunity to remain in the Air Force.
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Visitation will be next Tuesday at Saint Joseph Cathedral, followed by a funeral Mass the next day at Saint Therese of Carmel Church. Bishop Cirilo Flores died Saturday of cancer.
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Bishop Cirilo Flores — still recovering from the effects of a stroke he suffered in his office on April 16 — is undergoing treatment for prostate cancer.
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El Cajon's Mark Arabo went from calling his congressman to working with the United Nations and its member countries to pull people out of Iraq. He wants the United States to bring more Iraqis to its shores, too. -
The marchers, many of them Iraqi Chaldeans, called for peace in Iraq and urged the United States to welcome refugees fleeing the violence. -
A San Diego Chaldean-American is working to thwart online recruiting efforts by Islamic militants in Iraq.
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