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21 Mar 2011 – On 26 February, Pope Benedict XVI announced the retirement of the patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, Cardinal Nasrallah Peter Sfeir. For nearly 25 years, Patriarch Nasrallah served as the spiritual leader of the 3.1–million strong Maronite Church. Ordained in 1950, the patriarch worked closely with two of his predecessors before being enthroned as patriarch in 1986.
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21 Mar 2011 – On 8 February, CNEWA’s Jerusalem office of the Pontifical Mission and the Coordinating Catholic Aid Organizations organized and sponsored a symposium on the recent Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East called by Pope Benedict XVI. Two participants in the synod, Archbishop Fouad Twal, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and Dr. Bernard Sabella, member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, spoke about the issues raised there, especially those that concerned invigorating the role of Christians and Christian institutions in the Holy Land.
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21 Mar 2011 – From 9 to 11 February, Bethlehem University hosted a three–day international conference on Christian–Muslim relations. Sponsored in part by CNEWA–Pontifical Mission, the conference consisted of lectures by prominent Christian and Muslim scholars and leaders from around the world on issues related to interfaith peace and violence, followed by open discussion.
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21 Mar 2011 – CNEWA’s national office in the United States has launched an appeal to support Egypt’s Coptic Christians, who make up about 10 percent of that nation’s population of 80 million — the largest Christian community in the Middle East.
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21 Mar 2011 – In February, benefactor Bill Doty traveled to Ethiopia with Gabriel Delmonaco, who directs CNEWA’s national office in the United States. They visited ten CNEWA–supported institutions in the Northeast African country, including schools, orphanages and a center for the blind.
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21 Mar 2011 – Discrimination against India’s 17 million Christian Dalits — peoples who are considered members of a low caste in officially caste–free India — continues, reports CNEWA’s assistant regional director for India, M.L. Thomas.
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