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New convent beckons Christians to return to Iraq

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The jihadist terror group was eventually defeated, but the buildings, including two important churches, were almost destroyed, and the population scattered, some to refugee camps, ...

Syria: From prisoner to archbishop

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It is hard to scare a man who spent months locked in a bathroom, threatened daily with death and who was even subjected to ...

Lebanon: Catholic schools are in ‘survival mode’

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“I am married, I have three kids. If I am only a teacher, nowadays, I cannot give them what they need. I need to juggle ...

Syria: ‘May the Lord forgive them, that is all I can say’

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One of the school’s students, 15-year-old Christine, was returning home from school with a classmate when a bomb detonated near them. Christine lost a foot, ...

This Christmas, solidarity with the Christians of Lebanon and Syria

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"Our project partners sometimes feel despondent and tired, they think the world has forgotten them, but they retain a glimmer of hope, because they know ...

Syrian Christians fear imminent Turkish ground incursion

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The Turks justify this intervention by saying that it is to protect their borders, to a depth of 20 miles along northern Syria. They want ...

The Immaculate Heart of Mary and the suffering people of Lebanon

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In contemplating the Immaculate Heart of Mary, we find light, strength, courage and comfort in these exceptional times. Like us, she experienced great changes from ...

Lebanon: ‘People in Tyre were always poor, but now they are below zero’

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Then the Lebanese financial crisis hit, and the local currency began to crash. In a short time, the pound diminished in value around 20 times, ...

Christian students in Lebanon: ‘We feel our country doesn’t want us’

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Imagine a country where overnight your savings vanished, and your salary was worth 20 times less than the day before. Imagine your parents worked hard ...

Young Christians from all over Syria gather, hopeful about the future

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“I am a Syrian Christian living in Syria, and I want to stay in my country and serve it through my experience and skills.”
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