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Iran Protests: How Should Iranian Christians Respond?
Publication Date: 18/10/2022
Source: SAT-7
The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in the custody of Iran’s “morality police” has sparked that nation’s most serious unrest since 2009. Mahsa, an Iranian Kurd on a visit to family in Tehran, was detained for allegedly wearing the hijab incorrectly and days later, on September 16, died after being hospitalized in a coma.
Ancient Christian monastery discovered in the United Arab Emirates
Author: Jon Gambrell
Publication Date: 3/11/2022
Source: The Washington Post
An ancient Christian monastery possibly dating as far back as the years before Islam spread across the Arabian Peninsula has been discovered on an island off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, officials announced Thursday.
Pope ends Bahrain trip with visit to Gulf's oldest church
Author: Philip Pulella
Publication Date: 6/11/2022
Source: Reuters
Pope Francis departed from Bahrain on Sunday after a four-day trip that culminated with a visit to the Gulf's oldest Catholic church, where he told bishops, priests and nuns to remain united as they ministered to the faithful in the majority Muslim area.
“Syrians too poor to pay for surgery or operations”
Author: Carlos Rosas-Jiménez
Publication Date: 7/11/2022
Source: Aid to the Church in Need
During a recent visit to ACN’s headquarters in Germany, Archbishop George Masri of the Melkite Catholic Church in Syria discussed the challenges of cost of living and healthcare that many Syrians face.
Pope Francis thrills thousands of Catholics in Bahrain with big Mass
Publication Date: 5/11/2022
Source: Al Arabiya
Pope Francis said Mass for thousands of Catholics in Bahrain on Saturday, thrilling members of the small foreign Catholic community from around the Gulf and urging them show kindness to their hosts, even if they are sometimes looked down on. The crowd of about 30,000 people that filled Bahrain’s National Stadium was the second-largest gathering for a papal Mass on the Arabian Peninsula, following one that drew more than 100,000 in the United Arab Emirates in 2019.
Pope Francis addresses human rights during Bahrain visit
Publication Date: 3/11/2022
Source: Deutchse Welle
Pope Francis addressed the topic of human rights during his visit to Bahrain on Thursday, calling on Bahraini authorities to repeal the death penalty. The pope stood next to Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, who welcomed him at the airport when he arrived for his four-day trip. The pontiff is due to attend an interfaith forum discussing dialogue and coexistence.
Worshippers rejoice at Pope Francis's visit to Bahrain cathedral
Publication Date: 4/11/2022
Source: The National
Worshippers have shared their joy at being part of a historic papal visit to the Arabian Gulf's largest Roman Catholic church. Pope Francis thanked the people of Bahrain for their care for the country's Catholic contingent during an address at Our Lady of Arabia Cathedral on Friday evening.
Russian Church honours Pope Tawadros with Order of Glory and Honour
Author: MIchael Girgis
Publication Date: 8/11/2022
Source: Watani Net
A high-ranking delegation from the Russian Orthodox Church visited Pope Tawadros II on 7 November at the St Mark’s Cathedral papal headquarters in Abbasiya, Cairo to present him with the Order of Glory and Honour, on behalf of Patriarch Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.
The recognition marks 10 years on the seating of Pope Tawadros II as Patriarch of the See of St Mark, and his 70th birthday. It is also in appreciation of his efforts to nurture relations between the Coptic and Russian Churches.
Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, led the delegation that visited the Pope, and was accompanied by Father Stefan Igumnov, Head of the Secretariat for Inter-Christian Relations of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, and Father Alexander, Secretary of the Metropolitan. Metropolitan Volokolamsk expressed his appreciation of the strong ties between the Coptic and the Russian Churches, and commended the prominent role played by Pope Tawadros to nurture and develop relations with the Russian Church.
UAE: Muslim employers ensure Christian domestic workers attend weekend church prayers
Author: Binsal Abdulkader
Publication Date: 9/11/2022
Source: WAM
An Ethiopian priest recalls that his first surprising experience after joining a Dubai church, a decade ago, was receiving phone calls from Muslim families employing Ethiopian female domestic workers.
Syriac monastery in Turkey reopens after 100 years
Author: Joseph Tulloch
Publication Date: 24/10/2022
Source: Vatican News
The Monastery of Mor Efrem (St Ephrem) in Mardin, southern Turkey, an area which was once the heartland of Syriac Christianity, has once again opened its doors to believers.
Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan, head of the Syriac Catholic Church, presided over the reconsecration of the building, and celebrated its first Divine Liturgy in a hundred years.
Founded in 1881, the Syriac monastery was seized by the Turkish army during the First World War. It briefly returned to the Church after the war ended, before being transformed into a military hospital in 1922. In more recent times, it had served as a prison and a warehouse.
