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17 May 2011 – Pope Benedict XVI
renewed his appeal for a negotiated settlement in Libya
and called for an end to bloodshed in Syria, where civil
strife has left hundreds of people dead. Read more...
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17 May 2011 – The council elected by the Synod of Bishops on the Middle East last October is meeting at the Vatican. Events in the Middle East continue to be of concern to Pope Benedict XVI. Read more...
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13 May 2011 – The Melkite Catholic Church
has opened a cultural center, funded entirely by Sultan
Qaboos bin Said, ruler of Oman. Read more...
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12 May 2011 – One of the greatest
contributions believers in God can make to the struggle
for human rights is to strengthen awareness that human
beings are created in God’s image, Pope Benedict XVI
told representatives of a major Jewish human rights
organization. Read more...
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12 May 2011 – When the news of
Osama bin Laden’s death was announced May 1, college
students accounted for a majority of the cheering crowd
that descended on the streets near the White House. Read more...
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11 May 2011 – Egypt’s Christian minority looks
toward the future with hope for greater freedoms for all
citizens but continues to have some fear that the
revolution will be hijacked by Muslim fundamentalists,
said the Vatican’s nuncio to Egypt. Read more...
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11 May 2011 – Egyptian police must act
more quickly against Muslim rioters, a Catholic bishop
said after 12 people were killed and two churches burned
in a night of violence. Read more...
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11 May 2011 – Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, the papal nuncio to Egypt, offers insight into the relationship in Egypt between Christians and Muslims. Read more...
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