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Nearly 2,000 Christian youth in Iraq gather for prayer, faith formation

August 29, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Nearly 2,000 young people from Christian youth groups across Iraq gathered for the seventh annual Ankawa Youth Gathering 2024 held Aug. 22–24, 2024, in the Mar Elia Shrine Courtyard in Ankawa-Erbil, Iraq. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Ankawa Y… […]

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Novena for peace in the Near East announced for Christians, innocents in region

July 4, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

An emergency novena will take place between July 16-24, including the feast days of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Saint Charbel Makhlouf. / Credit: The Philos Project

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 4, 2024 / 11:00 am (CNA).
In response to height… […]

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Joy in Syria: Pope Francis gives ‘green light’ for canonization of ‘Martyrs of Damascus’ 

May 23, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

A moment of prayer during the procession through the narrow streets of the Christian quarter of Bab-Touma (St. Paul) in the Old City of Damascus on July 9, 2023, in celebration of the liturgical feast of the Martyrs of Damascus. / Credit: Courte… […]

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Qatar’s St. Charbel Maronite Church prepares to welcome worshippers

May 10, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Ongoing construction work on St. Charbel Maronite Church in Doha, Qatar, in April 2024. / Credit: Father Charbel Mhanna

ACI MENA, May 10, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Construction is nearing completion on the St. Charbel Maronite Church in Doha, Qata… […]

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On Wednesday the Associated Press published satellite images that confirm the destruction of the oldest monastery in Iraq. The Dair Mar Elia Monastery—or the Monastery of St. Elijah—appears to have been demolished by ISIS militants […]

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