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From forgiveness to uncertainty: the story of a priest in southern Lebanon
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Fr. Youssef Semaan looks on as the conflict in Lebanon empties his village and threatens decades of coexistence between Christians and Muslims. The war in ...
Statement on Lebanon from ACN President
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The Israeli military on Tuesday attacked the Lebanese port city of Tyre, in a continuing attempt to disarm the threat from the militant group Hezbollah. ...
New Chaldean Patriarch tells Iraqi Christians: “Your presence is a mission”
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In a message to Paul III Nona, ACN’s executive president recalled the sufferings of the Chaldean faithful in Iraq, who “have been so often called ...
War brings both hope and despair to Lebanon
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Lebanese bishop works to keep up evangelization efforts, welcome refugees, live alongside Shia Muslims, and encourage hope in the midst of war. The Congregation of ...
Christians in southern Lebanon fear they will never return home
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The Christian residents of the south Lebanese border town of Yaroun fear that they will never be able to return to the land of their ...
Syria: ACN mourns archbishop who never abandoned his flock
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Archbishop Jean-Clément Jeanbart believed that had it not been for the care of God the Christians of Syria would have been wiped out during the ...
New Chaldean Patriarch: “Do not be afraid, just believe”
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In 2015, the then-Archbishop of Mosul left for Australia after his entire flock was exiled, following the rise of the Islamic State. One decade later, ...
Holy Land increasingly emptied of Christians, says Benedictine abbot
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In an address to representatives of Aid to the Church in Need, Benedictine Abbot Nikodemus Schnabel offered a stark and personal account of the fragile ...
Lebanon: People feel “dehumanized” as country endures bombings
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People are feeling “scared, angry and sad” after more than 100 bombs fell across Beirut in a single night shattering any remaining sense of safety ...
Christian Villages in South Lebanon: Security Alert
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Faced with the pending withdrawal of the Lebanese Army from the south of the country, Christians who are attached to their land have expressed their ...