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Villagers Attack Church Compound in Ethiopia
By John Newton NEW YORK–A Bishop in Ethiopia has expressed his horror after the Feb. 18, 2016 torching and looting…
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Pope in Mexico Tells Church Not to ‘Rest on Its Laurels’
By Julieta Appendini MEXICO CITY—During his visit to Mexico, Pope Francis has expressed his concern for people’s social problems, pain…
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ISIS Erases ‘Symbol of Christian Presence in Iraq’
By Oliver Maksan Confirmation that Iraq’s oldest Christian monastery has been completely destroyed by ISIS has caused widespread distress in…
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In Syria, Food is ‘The Most Deadly Weapon of War’
By John Pontifex NEW YORK—Food has become “the most deadly weapon of war” in Syria, according to a leading Catholic…
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In Bethlehem Then and Now, ‘Jesus is the Door to Peace’
By Oliver Maksan JOSEPH AND MARY quietly rocked the child. Shepherds gathered around them. Children in costumes were enacting the…
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Christmas Letters From the Middle East
Chaldean Patriarch Louis Sako I—celebrating Christmas in ‘silence and amidst tears’ The feast of the birth of Christ is one…
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In Year of Mercy, Catholics in Middle East ‘will pray for Daesh’
By Oliver Maksan The Holy Year of Mercy, solemnly inaugurated by Pope Francis in Rome Dec. 8, 2015—on the Feast…
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“Camp Virgin Mary.” Displaced Iraqis get Chapel in Baghdad
By Oliver Maksan BAGHDAD—Father Luis Montes is glad and he has reason to be: “We have just consecrated a new…
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God’s Grace Shines a Light in Syria’s Darkness
By Eliane També ALEPPO, Syria—War rages on in Syria. Aleppo, the country’s major business center—what’s left of it—is a city…
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Pope Francis in Uganda: Honoring Martyrs, Firing Up the Faith
By Claire Creegan NEW YORK—Pope Francis’ scheduled Mass in Uganda in observance of the 50th anniversary of the canonization of the…