Nadine Labaki’s new film is set amid the supreme chaos of current-day Beirut.
Middle East
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Trump signs bill to provide relief to genocide victims in Iraq and Syria
The bill will provide humanitarian relief to genocide victims in Iraq and Syria and hold accountable Islamic State perpetrators of genocide.
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Historic renovation of Church of the Nativity lifts Christmas spirit in Bethlehem
“Christians are leaving the Holy Land due to the lack of peace and economic hardships and we are struggling to keep them in their homeland.”
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis will visit Abu Dhabi in February to promote peace
Francis is the first pope to visit the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, a majority-Muslim country of 10 million people.
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Asia Bibi, in hiding after blasphemy acquittal, is banned from leaving Pakistan
It has been a month since Asia Bibi was acquitted of blasphemy, but her ordeal is far from over.
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Ultranationalism threatens religious freedom, says report from Aid to the Church in Need
“Religious Freedom in the World 2018” found worsening conditions for religious freedom in 17 nations, citing attacks on Christians in India and Iraq.
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30 civilians killed in battle with Taliban
“The forces of evil are on a rampage against the church of God but, as Christians, we believe in the promise of Christ that the gates of underworld will never prevail over the church.”
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J.R.S. advisor on Syria crisis: A refugee is never one who wants to leave his home
“So many ordinary people are suffering,” said Father Cedric Prakash, S.J. He has spent the last three years working with the Jesuit Refugee Service in the Middle East and North Africa Region.
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Fake images of woman acquitted of blasphemy roil Pakistan
The Pakistani government, already struggling with a crisis surrounding a Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy charges after eight years on death row, now has to deal with “fake” images on social media purporting to show her outside the country.
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Nuncio reported McCarrick before he became D.C. archbishop, new book confirms
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” we cover new developments in the case of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick.