New Iraqi Patriarch Pledges Dialogue, Coexistence
Saturday, March 09, 2013
BAGHDAD (CNS) — The new patriarch of Chaldean Catholics pledged to foster coexistence and dialogue and urged Christian Iraqis not to leave their homeland, warning that if emigration continues, "there will be no more Christians in the Middle East."
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Barrier's Extension Could Separate West Bank Salesians
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
BEIT JALLA, West Bank (CNS) — Just over the ridge, not far from where Father Ibrahim Shomali celebrated Mass on a recent Friday afternoon, is the Israeli settlement of Har Gilo.
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US Bishop Says Young Palestinians He Met Showed Hope, Vision
Thursday, January 10, 2013
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (CNS) — Young Christian Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and West Bank demonstrate "a great deal of hope and vision," despite the reality they face, said Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson, Ariz.
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Additional Recent News
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JERUSALEM (CNS) — As diplomatic efforts were underway to reach a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel Nov. 20, Catholics on both sides of the Gaza border prayed for peace.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
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WASHINGTON (CNS)—Fear of violence in the Middle East has not kept
pilgrims away from the Holy Land, according to U.S. Franciscan priests
who frequent the sites commemorating the birth, death and resurrection
of Jesus.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
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BEIRUT (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Lebanon Sept. 14, saying that he came "as a pilgrim of peace, as a friend of God and as a friend of men."
Friday, September 14, 2012
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Friday, September 14, 2012
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JERUSALEM (CNS)—Christians in Syria live in fear of a repeat of
persecution like was seen in Iraq, said officials of the Pontifical
Mission for Palestine.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
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Saturday, March 10, 2012
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“My peace is my gift to you,” Jesus said to his followers. But this
Easter the land where Jesus once walked, the land of today’s Israelis
and Palestinians, is anything but peaceful. In this exclusive St. Anthony Messenger interview,
we talk with Archbishop Elias Chacour, whose archeparchy (archdiocese)
in northern Israel ...
Saturday, April 28, 2012
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Saturday, April 28, 2012
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JERUSALEM (CNS)—Almost a year after the eruption of the Arab Spring
uprisings, the Middle East is a place of hope and fear for Christians,
said Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson, Ariz.
Friday, January 13, 2012
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Friday, January 13, 2012
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