{"id":237,"date":"2019-10-25T14:35:13","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T18:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/?page_id=237"},"modified":"2025-09-10T12:54:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T16:54:30","slug":"middle-east","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/where-we-work\/middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-throughout-the-holy-land-the-biblical-lands-of-iraq-israel-jordan-lebanon-palestine-and-syria-religious-sisters-priests-and-lay-men-and-women-feed-the-poor-care-for-the-sick-listen-to-the-broken-hearted-and-find-opportunities-for-families-of-all-faiths-who-seek-stability-security-and-a-place-to-call-home\">Throughout the Holy Land \u2014 the biblical lands of Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria \u2014 religious sisters, priests, and lay men and women feed the poor, care for the sick, listen to the broken-hearted and find opportunities for families of all faiths who seek stability, security and a place to call home.<\/h2>\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'>Support Our Work in the Middle East<\/button>\n  <\/div>\n  \n\n\n<p id=\"h-the-middle-east-for-all-its-current-turmoil-political-and-civil-strife-and-economic-disparity-forms-the-cradle-of-christianity-and-is-home-to-some-of-the-most-dynamic-christian-communities-living-the-gospel-to-the-fullest\">For all its current turmoil, war, political and civil strife and economic disparity, the Holy Land remains the cradle of Christianity. While the churches there remain small and vulnerable \u2014 especially to extremism \u2014 they are dynamic communities of faith witnessing the Gospel to all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-iraq\">Iraq<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Iraq has played a key role in the spread of Christianity since the first century, yet the Christian population in Iraq has dwindled to a mere shadow of itself<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/where-we-work\/middle-east\/iraq\/\">More About Iraq<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-israel\">Israel<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>CNEWA has long been present in this corner of the Middle East, which is truly a melting pot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/where-we-work\/middle-east\/israel\/\">More About Israel<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-jordan\">Jordan<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Jordan is a land of refuge \u2014 and as a country, it is among the most welcoming of refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/where-we-work\/middle-east\/jordan\/\">More about Jordan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-lebanon\">Lebanon<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Lebanon, the beautiful Mediterranean country nestled between Syria and Israel, and one of the oldest and most vital cradles of Christianity, is facing an unbearable economic crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/where-we-work\/middle-east\/lebanon\/\">More About Lebanon<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-palestine\">Palestine<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>With violence and conflict raging, tourism in decline and political ineffectiveness and corruption more pervasive, Palestine is facing daunting challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/where-we-work\/middle-east\/palestine\/\">More about Palestine<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-syria\">Syria<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Syria is a country of religious diversity whose people have faced unprecedented upheaval and destruction for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/where-we-work\/middle-east\/syria\/\">More About Syria<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>CNEWA, known as the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/magazine-issues\/march-april-1999\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Pontifical Mission<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;throughout the Middle East, works with these communities, helping them respond to the daunting challenges confronting them. The churches work to address immediate existential needs of displaced families, such as medical care and food, and to more long-term investments in people\u2019s lives, including counseling, education, formation and health care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped is-style-lightbox wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"670\" data-id=\"16538\" src=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/pauljeffrey20171_077-1024x670-1.jpg\" alt=\"a nun laughs and gestures with both hands while lecturing a classroom of young students.\" class=\"wp-image-16538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/pauljeffrey20171_077-1024x670-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/pauljeffrey20171_077-1024x670-1-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/pauljeffrey20171_077-1024x670-1-768x503.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sister Anahid, a member of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena, interacts with students in a primary school she supervises in Dohuk, Iraq. (photo: Paul Jeffrey)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"16539\" src=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/perlman20151_038H-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"priest talks to children.\" class=\"wp-image-16539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/perlman20151_038H-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/perlman20151_038H-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/perlman20151_038H-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/perlman20151_038H-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/perlman20151_038H-1-1600x1068.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/perlman20151_038H-1.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Rev. Androwas Bahus teaches children in the smallest of his parishes at St. Andrea the Apostle Melkite Catholic Church in Old Acre, Israel. (photo: Ilene Perlman)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"16535\" src=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/daoud20191_064H-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"woman presides over a meeting in a room full of seated people.\" class=\"wp-image-16535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/daoud20191_064H-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/daoud20191_064H-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/daoud20191_064H-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/daoud20191_064H-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/daoud20191_064H-1-1600x1067.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/daoud20191_064H-1.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Amabel Sibug speaks during a meeting with Filipina community members at the Pontifical Mission Community Center in Amman, Jordan. (photo: Nader Daoud)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"16540\" src=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/rafei20171_041H-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"man being served a plate at a food pantry.\" class=\"wp-image-16540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/rafei20171_041H-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/rafei20171_041H-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/rafei20171_041H-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/rafei20171_041H-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/rafei20171_041H-1-1600x1067.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/rafei20171_041H-1.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">George Rizk, a Syrian refugee, collects a plate of food at St. John the Merciful, in Zahleh, a large Christian town in the Bekaa valley, in eastern Lebanon. (photo: Raed Rafei)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"16536\" src=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/hadi20165_006H-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"a toddler lies on an examination table.\" class=\"wp-image-16536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/hadi20165_006H-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/hadi20165_006H-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/hadi20165_006H-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/hadi20165_006H-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/hadi20165_006H-1-1600x1067.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/hadi20165_006H-1.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A young patient receives care at the Near East Council of Churches (NECC) Clinic in Shija\u2019ia, Gaza. (photo: Tamara Abdul Hadi)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"16537\" src=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Johannes30070_031H-1-scaled-1-730x1024.jpg\" alt=\"a priest greets three children outside of a church.\" class=\"wp-image-16537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Johannes30070_031H-1-scaled-1-730x1024.jpg 730w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Johannes30070_031H-1-scaled-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Johannes30070_031H-1-scaled-1-768x1077.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Johannes30070_031H-1-scaled-1-1095x1536.jpg 1095w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Johannes30070_031H-1-scaled-1-1460x2048.jpg 1460w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Johannes30070_031H-1-scaled-1-1600x2244.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Johannes30070_031H-1-scaled-1.jpg 1825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A priest greets children outside of St. Elias Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Ezraa, Syria. 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