Catholic Near East
January – February 1995

Our World

	Ethiopian Patriarch Calls for Renewal 01 Jan 1995 – At a September ecumenical gathering in Assisi, Italy, Abuna Paulos, the Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, called for a coordinated and vigorous effort to resolve those problems dividing the Church of Christ. Read more...
	Let There Be Light 01 Jan 1995 – Jordan’s many refugee camps, with a population of more than 250,000, are dangerous at night. Read more...
	A Historic Accord 01 Jan 1995 – On 11 November 1994, Pope John Paul II and Mar Dinkha IV, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, signed a historic declaration of common faith at the Vatican. Read more...
	Arming the Knights 01 Jan 1995 – In a stretch of just two weeks, Brother David Carroll, F.S.C., briefed the Western, Northwestern and Middle Atlantic lieutenancies of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre about the concerns for the Christians of the Holy Land. Read more...
	An Insepctor Calls 01 Jan 1995 – The Director of our office in Addis Ababa, Brother Vincent Pelletier, F.S.C., recently completed an 11-day, 2,361-mile visit to missions in Ethiopia–most of it in four-wheel drive over gravel roads. Read more...
	A Tale From Two Continents 01 Jan 1995 – More than 30 years ago, Mrs. Rose Geist prayed that her husband would be received into the Catholic Church. Read more...