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Beirut: ACN offers emergency food aid
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“Beirut is a devastated city. It’s a war scene – there is destruction and desolation in all its streets, its districts and its houses.”
Iraq: a beacon of hope for Christians of Qaraqosh on the Nineveh Plains
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"The church is the fruit of the work and contributions of people’s fathers and grandfathers. Every Christian here feels that the church is part of ...
Gravely damaged in war, Cathedral of St. Elijah in Aleppo rises from the ashes
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"It sends a message to the parishioners and Christians in Aleppo—and the world—that we are still in this country despite our dwindling numbers. The restoration ...
Plight of poorest Christian families in Damascus is worsening
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“The worsening plight of the people has forced me to get involved in the social sphere in order to help the poor and the suffering."
Aleteia: ACN Director of Outreach on status of Christians in Iraq
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Numbering about 1 million in the days before the first Gulf War, the [Christian] community has since been decimated by war, economic turmoil and jihadism.
Iraqi Christians at risk of eradication through forced emigration
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"The international community must take immediate and decisive action to tackle the problems which are threatening the continuing Christian presence in Iraq."
Lebanese prelate: ‘protest does not unite a divided country’
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"What can unite [Lebanon] is a unifying education and a functioning model of national governance.
In Lebanon, priest—a convert from Islam—cares for the poor, needy
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“I see Jesus in every human being. If we only knew whom we are serving—Jesus, who lives in every human being—then we would kneel while ...
Iran: ‘A Church without martyrs would be like a tree without fruit’
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"Currently we are going through a new period of crisis, which began with the revolution of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979. All the Catholic schools and ...
Episcopal letter from Aleppo, Syria—’I am happy this Pentecost’
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"Yet, despite everything, despite all successive, multiple sufferings and innumerable setbacks, coming home today I am aware of deep inside me being truly happy and ...