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17 May 2013 – Last time I was in Amman, Jordan, I met a lovely 12-year-old girl with a beautiful smile. Her father used to be a taxi driver in Baghdad — until a gang of criminals or jihadists or both threatened his life and his family if they didn’t leave Iraq immediately. Read more...
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16 May 2013 – UNITED NATIONS (CNS) — World leaders must step up to call for an end to the escalating violence in war-torn Syria to stop the killing of innocent people and halt human rights violations, said the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations. Read more...
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14 May 2013 – BEIRUT (CNS) — The Syriac Catholic patriarch said events in Syria were the result of Western nations carrying out a geopolitical strategy “to split Syria and other countries” in the Middle East. Read more...
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13 May 2013 – A Statement from the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem, concerning the Israeli police measures on Holy Saturday- May 2013. Read more...
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06 May 2013 – VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Meeting at the Vatican on 3 May, Pope Francis and Lebanese President Michel Sleiman called on the international community to offer concrete aid to Lebanon and other countries hosting hundreds of thousands of refugees from Syria. Read more...
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03 May 2013 – NEW YORK (CNS) — Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan challenged Massgoers to hold onto hope and to pray for the safety and well-being of two Orthodox archbishops kidnapped in Syria in late April while carrying out a humanitarian mission. Read more...
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03 May 2013 – NEW YORK — Msgr. John E. Kozar, president of CNEWA, announced the appointment of Argaw Fantu as regional director for CNEWA activities in Ethiopia, replacing Gerry R. Jones, who has concluded seven years of distinguished service to CNEWA and is now entering into retirement. Read more...
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02 May 2013 – JERUSALEM (CNS) — An Israeli court has approved the construction of the Israeli separation barrier along a route through the Cremisan Valley that will nearly surround a convent and its primary school and confiscate most of their land on the outskirts of Beit Jala, West Bank. Read more...
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