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200 displaced Iraq Christian families return to Nineveh
Publication Date: 13/11/2020
Source: Middle East Monitor
As many as 200 displaced Iraqi Christian families have returned from the Iraqi Kurdistan region to their areas of origin in the Nineveh governorate, an Iraqi official has confirmed.
Lebanese Christian cleric to Hariri: avoid 'secret deals' in forming cabinet
Publication Date: 25/10/2020
Source: Reuters
Lebanon’s top Christian cleric urged Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri on Sunday to avoid back-door deals and to quickly form a new government that will start lifting the country out of financial crisis.
Iraqi priest doubles down on Christianity’s survival in the Middle East
Author: Inés San Martín
Publication Date: 9/11/2020
Source: Crux Now
Ever since the rise of the Islamic State (ISIS), there’s been rising alarm regarding the future for Christians in the Middle East. A Catholic priest who recently returned to his village in northern Iraq after six years in Rome described what he found as “shocking,” but doubled down on the need for Christians to survive.
‘We Must Defeat All Conspiracies’: Archbishop Atallah Hanna Condemns French Targeting of Islam, Muslims
Publication Date: 28/10/2020
Source: Palestine Chronicle
Palestinian Archbishop Atallah Hanna condemned the targeting of Muslims in France and around the world through degrading paintings and cartoons.
COVID-19: St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Dubai reaches out to over 6,000 workers
Publication Date: 19/11/2020
Source: Gulf News
The St Mary’s Catholic Church has reached out to over 6,000 underprivileged workers and families with meals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
US sanctions Hezbollah-allied Lebanese Christian leader
Author: Zeina Karam
Publication Date: 07/11/2020
Source: CRUX
The U.S. Treasury on Friday slapped sanctions on Lebanon’s former foreign minister and a leading Christian political ally of the militant Hezbollah group, singling him out for what it said was his role in corruption.
The little town of Bethlehem is slowly getting smaller because of expanding Israeli settlements.
Author: Judith Sudilovsky
Publication Date: 15/10/2020
Source: America Media
At the tail end of the summer harvest season, Palestinian farmer Nakleh Abu Eid, 80, walked through what remained of his fruit orchard in the Al Makhrour area of the largely Christian village of Beit Jalla, filling a basket with figs and green grapes.
Maronite Patriarch to Hariri: Christian presence essential for Lebanon
Publication Date: 26/10/2020
Source: AsiaNews
Card Raï addressed the Prime Minister in charge, urging him not to relegate Christians to the margins in the formation of the executive. He must overcome the "impositions" of political forces and appoint "experienced and independent" ministers. The next government’s difficult task of overcoming a "dramatic situation".
Abbas discusses occupied territories situation with Pope Francis
Publication Date: 24/10/2020
Source: Middle East Monitor
In a phone call on Friday with Pope Francis, Palestinian Authority (PA), Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and Fatah President Mahmoud Abbas reiterated his commitment to peace and his readiness to resume talks with Israel, Wafa News Agency reported.
Lebanese cardinal: Country’s ‘political authority has murdered its people’
Author: Doreen Abi Raad
Publication Date: 03/11/2020
Source: Catholic News Service
Lebanon’s “political authority has murdered its people,” Cardinal Bechara Rai, Maronite patriarch, said at the closing Mass of the synod of Maronite Catholic bishops from around the world.
