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A pillar of the Church in Egypt dies
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Bishop Kyrillos oversaw the largest Coptic Catholic diocese in Egypt for 31 years, and during that period he became renowned for his efforts to strengthen ...
‘Without Christians there will be no peace in Lebanon’
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In 2019, most Lebanese dioceses saw their money in the banking system vanish overnight, making it difficult for them to afford to pay for the ...
In Syria, successors of kidnapped bishops live in hope
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They were travelling together April 22, 2013, when their vehicle was stopped by suspected islamist militants. Their driver, a Syriac Orthodox deacon, was shot and ...
Churches in the Holy Land warn of anti-Christian attacks
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“Over the past year, some of our churches, funeral processions, and places of public gathering have become targets of attack; some of our holy sites ...
Archbishop: ‘We want to be treated as Iraqi citizens’
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"We don't ask for anything special as Christians, we want to be treated just as Iraqi citizens, equal to anybody else, no more, no less. ...
Syria: “You journeyed with our suffering people until death”
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He was injured during the Syrian war, in 2012, when a staircase collapsed during a bombing, crushing his hands and much of his face.
With ACN support, Churches rebuild quake-hit houses in Syria
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Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has committed to providing more than US$550,000 in aid to help Christians return to their apartments and houses, ...
ACN to pay rent for victims of earthquake in Syria
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At least 60 buildings in Aleppo collapsed in the earthquake but the number of houses that may need to be razed will probably in the ...
Synod in the Middle East can be “a new spring for the Church”
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" How do we face the social problems? Our people have become very poor. How can we face the political problems? We live these cries ...
Syria: Aleppo trembles again, as the Church doubles down on efforts to help the population
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" Everybody was screaming, they should have exited the house, but everybody stayed put, so I stayed with them. I crouched under a beam and ...