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Advocates fear threats to religious freedom, health in northeast Syria
- Apr 25, 2020
Religious freedom advocates and medical practitioners have expressed concerns about the COVID-19 response in northeast Syria.

By Dale Gavlak
East Jerusalem Catholic hospital gets coronavirus unit for Palestinians
- Apr 23, 2020
When the Israeli Ministry of Health asked St. Joseph’s Hospital to set up a coronavirus unit, the hospital had it completed within a week.

By Judith Sudilovsky
Vatican donates ventilators to hospitals in Syria, sets up emergency fund
- Apr 21, 2020
In the name of Pope Francis, the Congregation for Eastern Churches said it is sending 10 ventilators to Syria and three to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Jerusalem to respond to the coronavirus pandemic.

By Catholic News Service

Eastern Christians mark Easter in shuttered Jerusalem church
- Apr 19, 2020
A handful of Eastern Orthodox priests held mass for the Christian holiday of Easter on Sunday in an empty Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem due to restrictions in place to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.

By Associated Press
In Iraq, aid groups face lockdown constraints trying to help displaced
- Apr 18, 2020
A top Catholic humanitarian group expressed concern for the tens of thousands of Iraqis displaced inside their country and dependent on assistance, because access to them has become severely restricted due to COVID-19.

By Dale Gavlak
Middle East patriarchs speak of faith, hope, during Easter homilies
- Apr 14, 2020
Catholic patriarchs of the Middle East, in Easter messages from churches barren of the faithful due to the coronavirus, lamented the scourge of the pandemic while evoking the hope of the Resurrection.

By Catholic News Service

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- May 22, 2020
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