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Pope Francis meets Middle East Catholic bishops amid fears of all-out war in region

August 28, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis meets with the bishops of the Arabian region on Aug. 28, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican City, Aug 28, 2024 / 12:50 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis met Wednesday with the Latin-rite Catholic leaders of some of the Midd… […]

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Vatican urges Iran to avoid ‘in any way’ escalating conflict in Middle East

August 12, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin (left) and Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian. / Credit: Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Getty Images; Majid Saeedi/Getty Images

Rome Newsroom, Aug 12, 2024 / 10:25 am (CNA).
The Vatican has urged Iran… […]

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Uganda’s Catholic dioceses notified of limited stock of altar wine for Mass

May 7, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

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ACI Africa, May 7, 2024 / 13:32 pm (CNA).
Catholic dioceses in Uganda have been notified of a limited stock of wine for Masses due to delays in shipping. In an April 30 letter to financial adminis… […]

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Pakistan ends mandatory Islamic studies for non-Muslim students

January 26, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Security forces guard St. John’s Catholic Church in Youhanabad, Lahore, Pakistan, in 2019. / Credit: Aid to the Church in Need

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 26, 2024 / 09:15 am (CNA).
Pakistan is ending its mandatory study of Islam for non-Mus… […]

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Two women killed amid Israeli attack at Holy Family parish in Gaza, Latin Patriarchate says

December 16, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Smoke billows over the northern Gaza Strip during Israeli bombardment from southern Israel on December 14, 2023 amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. / Credit: Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images

W… […]

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U.S. bishops renew call for peace in the Holy Land

October 31, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Workers distribute medical aid and medicines to Nasser Medical Hospital in the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, which recently arrived through the Rafah crossing on Oct. 29, 2023, in Khan Yunis, Gaza. / Credit: Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty… […]

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After Maronite archbishop detained in Lebanon, U.S. bishops voice solidarity

August 15, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

A scene from a papal visit to Lebanon, Sept. 14, 2012. / Vatican Media

Denver Newsroom, Aug 15, 2022 / 18:00 pm (CNA).
A Maronite Catholic archbishop was bringing aid back to Lebanon when he was wrongly detained by Lebanese authorities at the I… […]

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Armenian patriarch to represent Catholics at Middle East Council of Churches

May 27, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian. / Screenshot from MECC – The Middle East Council of Churches YouTube channel.

London, England, May 27, 2022 / 03:00 am (CNA).
Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian is the new representative of Catholics … […]

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Pope Francis: ‘Stop using Lebanon and the Middle East for outside interests and profits’

July 1, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis takes part in a day of reflection and prayer for Lebanon, July 1, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Jul 1, 2021 / 11:23 am (CNA).
Hosting a day of prayer for Lebanon with Catholic and Orthodox leaders on Thursday, Pope Francis sa… […]

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Pope Francis appeals to Holy Land Catholics as bishops consecrate Middle East to Holy Family

June 27, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter’s Square, April 17, 2013. / Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk.

Nazareth, Israel, Jun 27, 2021 / 02:50 am (CNA).
Pope Francis urged Catholics in the Middle East on Sunday to “be the salt of your lands” as… […]

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