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Middle East
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Mideast Catholic patriarchs pray for those suffering, appeal for dialogue
“The wounds of the Islamic State have not been healed yet, together with the ongoing violence, poverty, unemployment and poor services that have pushed thousands of people, especially youth, to demonstrate peacefully, demanding the right to live with dignity and freedom in a stable, secure and strong independent homeland,” Cardinal Louis Sako, patriarch of Chaldean Catholics, said of anti-government protests.
Posted inGoodNews, Politics & Society
Lebanese Guides, Scouts hope to raise Christmas hope amid despair
“We want to help people feel the joy of Christmas,” Sabine Bou Serhal, 22, a chief for the group, told Catholic News Service.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Reflections from Christmas in Bethlehem
We bring our hearts with us to Bethlehem. This is what Christmas means.
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Iraq’s Christians cancel Christmas celebrations in solidarity with protestors
Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, patriarch of the Chaldean Church in Iraq, decries the sectarianism that is prevalent in his country.
Posted inFaith, News
Bethlehem family feels draw of living in the town of Jesus’ birth
Unlike many other Christian families in the Bethlehem area, none of the Hosh siblings have moved abroad.
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Palestinians in Bethlehem look beyond religious tourism
For decades, the people of Bethlehem have watched tour buses drive up to the Church of the Nativity, disgorge their passengers for a few hours at the traditional birthplace of Jesus, and then return to Israel.
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Catholic leaders urge Israel to investigate hate crimes in Arab villages
Graffiti was scrawled in Hebrew on a wall and a car was burned in the Palestinian town of Taybeh
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Pope Francis saddened by deadly protests in Iraq
Since the protests began Oct. 1, an estimated 400 demonstrators have been killed.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
U.S. support for Israeli settlements could doom a Palestinian state
The Trump administration has reversed a 40-year U.S. policy critical of Israeli settlements on the West Bank, writes Drew Christiansen, S.J., raising the obstacles to Palestinians ever achieving a homeland.