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  • Good Friday focuses attention on plight of Christians in Middle East

    Good Friday focuses attention on plight of Christians in Middle East

    • Mar 31, 2021

    When Michael La Civita of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association considers how the agency prioritizes where to send aid, he says the best way to describe it is like a “triage,” given the crises so many countries face.

    By John Lavenburg
  • Lebanon’s Catholic leaders seek help; here’s where you can donate

    Lebanon’s Catholic leaders seek help; here’s where you can donate

    • Aug 6, 2020

    As Lebanon’s Catholic leaders appealed for help for their country, international and U.S. organizations appealed for donations for Beirut, capital of a country already suffering from a severe economic downturn.

    By Catholic News Service
  • Explosion in Beirut adds suffering to Lebanon’s dire situation

    Explosion in Beirut adds suffering to Lebanon’s dire situation

    • Aug 5, 2020

    Hospitals in the Lebanese capital are overwhelmed with those suffering injuries from a massive explosion in Beirut’s port, causing widespread damage the city and rocking the tiny Mediterranean nation already devastated by the coronavirus and its worst financial crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war.

    By Dale Gavlak
  • ‘Parish priest on loan to the missions’ ends nine years as CNEWA president

    ‘Parish priest on loan to the missions’ ends nine years as CNEWA president

    • Jun 23, 2020

    Msgr. John E. Kozar is retiring as president of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association/Pontifical Mission for Palestine.

    By Dennis Sadowski
  • Vatican donates ventilators to hospitals in Syria, sets up emergency fund

    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
  • Program helps poor, elderly Armenians heat homes in bitter winter weather

    Program helps poor, elderly Armenians heat homes in bitter winter weather

    • Nov 2, 2019

    Poor, elderly Armenians will receive an extra hand in staying warm during the upcoming frigid winter weather under a three-year-old program developed by two Catholic charitable agencies.

    By Catholic News Service
  • Vatican confirms election of Msgr. Peter Vaccari to be president of CNEWA

    Vatican confirms election of Msgr. Peter Vaccari to be president of CNEWA

    • Oct 23, 2019

    Msgr. Peter Vaccari, currently rector of St. Joseph’s Seminary in Dunwoodie, New York, has been elected to succeed Msgr. John E. Kozar as president of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association/Pontifical Mission for Palestine.

    By Catholic News Service
  • Catholic charity meet Lebanese, refugees who benefit from their projects

    Catholic charity meet Lebanese, refugees who benefit from their projects

    • Apr 17, 2018

    Cardinal Timothy Dolan, chairman of the board of Catholic Near East Welfare Association, led a delegation from CNEWA to visit health care facilities across the Lebanese capital April 16.

    By Kenneth R. Rosen

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