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As Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA) marks its 100th anniversary as a papal agency of healing and hope, we embrace Pope Leo XIV\u2019s call to resolve global conflict through prayer, the promotion of a culture of encounter and dialogue, diplomacy and reconciliation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We call for all people of good will to be bridge builders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA) marks its 100th anniversary as a papal agency of healing and hope, we embrace Pope Leo XIV\u2019s call to resolve global conflict through prayer, the promotion of a culture of encounter and dialogue, diplomacy and reconciliation.  We call for all people of good will to be bridge builders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70080,"featured_media":17876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3083],"class_list":["post-17875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advocating-for-justice-peace"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCNEWA Embraces Pope Leo XIV\u2019s Call to Resolve Global Conflict Through Prayer | CNEWA Canada<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"CNEWA Embraces Pope Leo XIV\u2019s Call to Resolve Global Conflict Through Prayer.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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