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National Catholic Reporter
March 19, 2018
Internally displaced people walk with their belongings in Afrin, Syria. Jihadists fighting with Turkey are hunting down religious minorities to kill them in Syria's northwest, Christian activists warn, as Turkey and its militant allies have encircled the Kurdish-held town. (CNS/Khalil Ashawi, Reuters). AmmanÃâà...
Catholic News Service
March 13, 2018
Residents flee after Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army fighters captured the village of Khaldieh in Afrin, Syria. Christian activists warn that 1 million Syrian civilians will face certain slaughter in northwestern Afrin, where they allege Turkey and its militant allies have already carried out "war crimes" and "ethnicÃâà...
Catholic Courier
February 28, 2018
JERUSALEM (CNS) -- Christian leaders in the Holy Land announced they would reopen the Church of the Holy Sepulcher Feb. 28 after the Israeli government has set up a negotiating team to resolve a municipal dispute over property taxes. The heads of Christian churches expressed "our gratitude to allÃâà...
National Catholic Reporter
February 27, 2018
Tourists pray outside the locked doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher Feb. 26 in Jerusalem's Old City. Protesting several recent actions they described as a "systematic campaign against the churches and the Christian community in the Holy Land," the heads of Christian churches announced Feb.
National Catholic Reporter
February 26, 2018
A tourists prays outside the locked doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher Feb. 26 in Jerusalem's Old City. Protesting several recent actions they described as a "systematic campaign against the churches and the Christian community in the Holy Land," the heads of Christian churches announced Feb.
CatholicPhilly.com
February 23, 2018
By Dale Gavlak • Catholic News Service • Posted February 23, 2018. AMMAN, Jordan (CNS) — Iraqi Catholic leaders are urging Christians to remain steadfast in this Lenten season as they encounter challenges of the so-called Islamic State's legacy in their historic lands. In a Lenten pastoral letter, Chaldean CatholicÃâà...
National Catholic Reporter
February 22, 2018
A man carries an injured boy amid destroyed buildings Feb. 21 in rebel-held Eastern Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Syria. (CNS/Bassam Khabieh, Reuters). Amman, Jordan — A Syrian Christian political leader has joined the growing ranks of international condemnation over violent attacks in Syria'sÃâà...
National Catholic Reporter
February 13, 2018
Syrian refugee children play at Zaatari refugee camp Feb. 12 in Jordan. (CNS/Muhammad Hamed, Reuters). Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan — As Syria's war soon enters its eighth year, many decry the recent dangerous escalation in the conflict, whether in the country's north, between Turkey and the KurdsÃâà...
National Catholic Reporter
January 23, 2018
Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army fighters are seen Jan. 22 near Afrin, Syria. Churches in Afrin are calling on the world to stop the slaughter of civilians during the Turkish military assault. (CNS/Khalil Ashawi, Reuters). Amman, Jordan — Churches in Afrin, Syria, are calling on the world to stop the slaughterÃâà...
National Catholic Reporter
December 19, 2017
An Afghan refugee woman begs for coins near St. Christopher Catholic Church in early September in Berlin. The church has continuously provided sanctuary to refugees fearing deportation while their asylum claims are considered by German authorities. (CNS/Dale Gavlak). Berlin — Sitting on the bareÃâà...
Crux: Covering all things Catholic
December 19, 2017
An Afghan refugee woman begs for coins near St. Christopher Catholic Church in early September in Berlin. The church has continuously provided sanctuary to refugees fearing deportation while their asylum claims are considered by German authorities. (Credit: CNS photo/Dale Gavlak.)Ãâà...
