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05 Jul 2012 – Pope Benedict XVI named a Spanish expert in Islam to the No. 2 post at the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. Read more...
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05 Jul 2012 – JERUSALEM (CNS) — The designation of Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity as a UNESCO World Heritage site complicates relations between the three churches that oversee the holy site as well as relations between the Israeli and Palestinian communities, said a church official. Read more...
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14 Mar 2012 – OXFORD, England (CNS) — The bishop who
administers the church in Kuwait criticized legislation that
would restrict Christian places of worship in the country. Read more...
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07 Mar 2012 – VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI urged Christians in the Middle East not to lose hope despite the serious difficulties they face. Read more...
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07 Mar 2012 – BEIRUT (CNS) — Church aid workers scrambled
to find housing for hundreds of Syrian refugees who have
fled to neighboring Lebanon because of ongoing violence
between Syrian forces and armed rebels. Read more...
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05 Mar 2012 – ROME (CNS) — A Catholic archbishop welcomed
a Turkish government decision to consult Christian
leaders on a new constitution. Read more...
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05 Mar 2012 – WASHINGTON (CNS) — Calling efforts toward
an Arab-Israeli-Palestinian peace “more, not less, urgent,”
a group of Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders warned
candidates for political office “not to use any rhetoric that
could make prospects for peace more problematic.” Read more...
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05 Mar 2012 – ANTAKYA, Turkey (CNS) — Masked gunmen
stormed the Syrian desert monastery of Deir Mar Musa,
about 50 miles southwest of Homs, destroying property
and briefly holding its inhabitants captive. Read more...
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