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Pope lights candle for peace in Syria—launch of ACN’s Advent campaign
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“May this prayer make them feel the closeness of God, who is faithful, and touch every conscience to bring about a sincere commitment to peace. ...
In Iraq, a Christian politician surveys a troubled landscape
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"There is fear that the ISIS will return to our region, perhaps under a different name. That’s because of the lack of political unity in ...
We are embarking on reconstruction program in Syria
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AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED (ACN) is embarking on a program of reconstruction and restoration in Syria, including in Aleppo, one of the cities ...
Chaldean Patriarch has high hopes for Kurdistan parliamentary elections
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'We need further help to rebuild the [Christian] villages in the Nineveh Plains, destroyed by ISIS. We need that the government grows and improves its ...
Syrian prelate denounces plan ‘to oust Christians from the region’
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“They do not want us to instruct pupils in the liturgical language, Syriac, and they do not want us to teach history because they prefer ...
For Syria’s youth, education holds key to a brighter future
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"During the war, we lived in difficult circumstances, especially as students. We studied by candlelight sometimes, not to mention the sounds of the explosions that ...
An Iraqi Christian family is home again on the Nineveh Plains
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“It is my wish to remain in this land, despite all the difficult circumstances and disadvantages we have to deal with. I pray to God ...
Prelate calls for international peace-keeping force on Nineveh Plains
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"The whole of the Middle East is being convulsed by violence, corruption and political upheaval. It is blighted by sin. It is Jesus who forgives ...
In Syria, a Christian family stays put in the face of hardship
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He attributes his family’s survival to the aid of the Melkite Church, the work of the bishops and priests: “They have done great work in ...
Iraqi Christians continue to confront uncertain future
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"I am afraid that the same thing will happen to us again—that ISIS will return.”