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Good Friday in Iraq
A curfew failed to deter Christians in Mosul, who walked for up to an hour to attend a packed Good…
Browsing: Those in Need
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Sudan Bishop Says Violence Will not Block Independence
Outbreaks of violence in key regions of South Sudan will not block the path to independence, according to a Catholic…
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Muslim Jihad in Christian Ethiopia
Not only does last week’s jihadist rampage against Ethiopia’s Christians highlight the travails Christians encounter wherever Islam has a sizable…
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Rare Good News About Christians in the Midle East: Bearing Witness in Lebanon
In a recent interview, Father Raymond Abdo, the Provincial of the Discalced Carmelite Fathers in Lebanon, said that the most…
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Clean Water Should Not Be a Day’s Walk Away
Today is World Water Day. So, while you and I may mark this date on our calendar just once a…
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Ensuring Women’s Safety and Dignity Where Bathrooms Are Scarce
“During the floods, we saw funerals for women who’d died of snakebites,” says Jaya Menon, a Catholic Relief Services staffer…
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Litany for Japan
Our Lady of Akita, pray for us. St. Peter Baptist, martyr and patron of Japan, pray for us. St. Francis…
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Christians in Pakistan “Oppressed, Repressed and Depressed”
The outlook for Christians in Pakistan is bleak according to the country’s Catholic leader, who described how Shahbaz Bhatti’s death…
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Solidarity Can Transform the World
The Lenten season is full of discussion about sacrifice, what it means and how it connects you and me to…
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Rebuilding the Church in Haiti
A Haitian bishop has spoken about his plans to rebuild both his earthquake-shattered cathedral and the broken lives of the…