Baghdad suicide bombs throw papal trip into uncertainty
- Jan 22, 2021
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Iraqi Christian leaders plead with US, Iran to sort things out
- May 22, 2019
Several leaders of Iraq’s Christian community have appealed to U.S. President Donald Trump not to withdraw troops from the nation, saying many of their problems were caused by American military intervention, and leaving now would only make the situation worse.
Former Jerusalem patriarch: Time to move away from war
- May 21, 2019
Appealing to Israel and the United States, Archbishop Michel Sabbah, retired Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, said it was time to move away from war.
Lebanon’s former Maronite Christian patriarch Sfeir dies
- May 12, 2019
Cardinal Nasrallah Butros Sfeir, an outspoken and feisty personality who also played a key role in shaping the country’s post-war politics, died in a Beirut hospital two weeks after he was admitted suffering from a chest infection.
Peace prayers offered on centennial of statue’s return to Israel monastery
- May 7, 2019
Israel’s second largest annual Christian gathering became a vehicle to pray for peace as tensions between Israel and Palestinians living in Gaza intensified.
Letters from zones of anti-Christian violence speak of hope
- Apr 30, 2019
Letters from the Central African Republic and Syria, where Christians are suffering persecution, speak of hope.
No loans, no aid: Just Palestinian refugees in an international business
- Apr 28, 2019
The poorest of Jordan’s 10 camps for Palestinian refugees would seem to be the unlikeliest place from which to launch an international business, but SEP Jordan is no usual enterprise. Here, 350 Palestinian refugee women — and a few Syrians — practice their traditional craft of embroidery, but with a modern twist.
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