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28 Aug 2012 – VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Fighting in Aleppo,
Syria, has not spared the residences of the local Melkite and Maronite Catholic archbishops, according to the Vatican’s Fides news agency. Read more...
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27 Aug 2012 – KOLOMYYA, Ukraine (CNS) — The major archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church said he hopes to follow up a Polish-Russian joint message by pursuing a similar reconciliation process with Russian Orthodox leaders. Read more...
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24 Aug 2012 – BANGALORE, India (CNS) — The government
of Assam state has sought church support to help victims
of the conflict between ethnic Bodos and Muslim
migrants that has left at least 80 dead and more than
400,000 homeless. Read more...
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24 Aug 2012 – WASHINGTON (CNS) — While media images of
the Syrian civil war are mainly those of men with guns,
workers from Catholic Relief Services have seen
“predominantly women and children, fleeing,” said a
communications officer who recently returned from the
Middle East. Read more...
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22 Aug 2012 – VATICAN CITY (CNS) — People in Syria are
“stunned and deeply saddened and worried for the future,”
said Archbishop Mario Zenari, the Vatican nuncio to
Syria. Read more...
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21 Aug 2012 – Pope Benedict XVI sent greetings to Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill who is visiting Poland. Read more...
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21 Aug 2012 – WARSAW, Poland (CNS) — The head of the
Russian Orthodox Church and the president of the Polish
Catholic bishops’ conference signed a joint message Aug. 17 urging Poles and Russians to set aside centuries of
anger and prejudice and work together to maintain their
countries’ Christian identities. Read more...
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21 Aug 2012 – VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The patriarch of the
Ethiopian Orthodox Church, a strong voice for peace and
development in Africa, died Aug. 17 in Addis Ababa at
the age of 76. Read more...
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