{"id":12199,"date":"2023-06-26T13:20:33","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T17:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/?post_type=campaigns&#038;p=12199"},"modified":"2024-06-17T09:27:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T13:27:53","slug":"middle-east-christians","status":"publish","type":"campaigns","link":"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/what-we-do\/middle-east-christians\/","title":{"rendered":"Protect Christians in the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-living-a-normal-life-as-a-christian-in-the-middle-east-is-painful-many-have-left-their-homeland-over-generations-seeking-safety-security-and-opportunity\">Living a normal life as a Christian in the Middle East is painful. Many have left their homeland over generations, seeking safety, security and opportunity.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For those who have stayed, their lives have been marked by war, tragedy, growing inequity, fear and hunger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sana, like many Christian youth in the Middle East, struggles to survive following years of war, violence and inflation. Like many her age, she is hungry not only for food but for peace. Our Christian friends in the Middle East cry to us for purpose, support and a home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Join Pope Francis\u2019 call to support struggling Christians in the Middle East. <\/strong>You would help to change Sana\u2019s life.<\/p>\n\n\n  <div class=\"donate-button\" id=\"minor-fund-campaign\">\n    <button class=\"donate-modal-toggle\" data-minor-fund='Middle East' data-minor-fund-code='ME'>Give towards Christians in the Middle East here<\/button>\n  <\/div>\n  ","protected":false},"featured_media":13160,"template":"","work-category":[2813],"class_list":["post-12199","campaigns","type-campaigns","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","work-category-we-accompany-the-local-churches"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Protect Christians in the Middle East | CNEWA Canada<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/what-we-do\/middle-east-christians\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Protect Christians in the Middle East\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Living a normal life as a Christian in the Middle East is painful. 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