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11 Aug 2011 – NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) — In the wake of the
revolution that toppled Egypt’s authoritarian government
last winter, the country’s Christians remain fearful, yet hopeful, said Cardinal Antonios Naguib, patriarch of the
Coptic Catholic Church Read more...
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11 Aug 2011 – BALTIMORE (CNS) — The ongoing drought and
famine afflicting Somalia and other East African nations is
“a humanitarian crisis that cries out for help to Christians throughout the world,’ said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairman of the board of Catholic Relief Services in a joint statement. Read more...
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08 Aug 2011 – A slideshow of various photographs from Paul Jeffrey and photographers with Reuters illustrates the turmoil in eastern Africa caused by a lengthy drought and political disagreements. Read more...
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05 Aug 2011 – WASHINGTON (CNS) — American Muslims are
more optimistic about their future than people of other
religions are about their own, though Muslims say they
regularly contend with suspicion and lack of respect for
their faith. Read more...
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04 Aug 2011 – DADAAB, Kenya (CNS) — It took 32 days for
Fatima Mohammed to make it from her drought-racked
farm in Somalia to the relative safety of a sprawling
refugee settlement in northeastern Kenya. There were
days, she recalled, when her children were so thirsty that
they could not walk and the men in her family would ferry
them ahead, returning to carry two more children in their
arms. Read more...
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04 Aug 2011 – LUSAKA, Zambia (CNS) — Catholic agencies are
reported to be among the leading organizations providing
humanitarian aid to the drought– and famine-ravaged Horn of Africa. Read more...
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03 Aug 2011 – VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A car bomb exploded
outside a Syriac Catholic church in the northern Iraq city
of Kirkuk leaving at least 20 people injured. Read more...
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02 Aug 2011 – CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) — Christians
cannot be indifferent to the suffering of hundreds of
thousands of people starving in the Horn of Africa, Pope Benedict XVI said. Read more...
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