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Friday, 30 October 2009
Pope Benedict urged Iran to strengthen religious freedom for the country's tiny Catholic minority, while praising the "deep religious sensibility" of the Iranian people, in a meeting with Iran's new ambassador to the Vatican.
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Thursday, 08 October 2009
The kidnapping and death of a Christian health worker in Iraq's Kirkuk is worrying the Christians in the area and is contributing to the exodus of Christians from the country, said the city's Archbishop Louis Sako.
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Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Islam's growing influence in Lebanon is prompting even more of its Christians to emigrate, Beirut's Centre for Arab Christian Research and Documentation (CEDRAC) founder Jesuit Father Samir Khalil said.
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Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Pope Benedict announced a special meeting of bishops next year to discuss Middle East peace efforts and the role of the Catholic Church in the region. The Patriarch of Jerusalem, meanwhile, warned that the faith is dying in the Holy Land.
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Tuesday, 15 September 2009
Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a synagogue from Jesus' time during excavations of a site in Magdala where a pilgrimage centre is being built on the shores of the Sea of Galilee.
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Friday, 04 September 2009
Iraqi Christians must be the promoters of dialogue and national reconciliation, Muslim leaders told the Archbishop of Kirkuk Louis Sako, appreciating the prelate's gesture of inviting them to break fast over dinner during the Muslims fasting month of Ramadan.
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Tuesday, 18 August 2009
Three interfaith activists from the Middle East suggest that religion should be part of the solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and not be simply seen as part of the problem.
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Thursday, 13 August 2009
Archbishop Fernando Filoni, who served as the Vatican's envoy to Iraq from 2001 to 2006, said it was important that Iraqi Christians are given greater protection, to stop their widespread emigration.
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Thursday, 06 August 2009
Palestinian Christian activist, Ayman Abu Aita, says he will sue British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen for defamation for describing him as a "terrorist group leader" and using footage of him in the movie Bruno.
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Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Several bomb blasts near churches and other areas in Iraq over the past two days have left Christians in fear and dismay, while police have cordoned off the affected locations for security purposes.
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