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Former Jerusalem archbishop: How long will Catholics keep ignoring the suffering of Palestinians?
Author: Michel Sabbah
Publication Date: 22/12/2020
Source: American The Jesuit Review
Israel’s military occupation of Palestine continues in its 53rd year. In particular, Palestinians in Gaza are suffering under a callous siege. The U.S. administration has withdrawn aid for Palestinian hospitals in East Jerusalem and for the United Nations’ humanitarian work in the occupied Palestinian territory.
‘All you can do is survive’: A bleak midwinter for Christians in the Middle East
Author: Bel Trew
Publication Date: 25/12/2020
Source: The Independent
From a deserted Bethlehem to a broken Beirut, Christmas is rounding off a particularly painful year in the region.
How much longer will the Middle East celebrate Christmas?
Author: Knox Thames
Publication Date: 23/12/2020
Source: Religion News Service
Days before the start of Advent, mobs in a city 200 miles south along the Nile from Cairo burned Coptic Orthodox Christian homes and ransacked Christian businesses before attacking a church with stones and Molotov cocktails. Why? Because of a Facebook post that allegedly mentioned the Prophet Muhammad and the attackers found offensive.
Christians in Holy Land face bleak Christmas season due to COVID-19
Author: Michele Chabin
Publication Date: 18/12/2010
Source: Religion News Service
A usually festive and economically important time for the Holy Land's tiny Christian minority has been changed with an absence of pilgrims.
Conservative Christians remain silent about suffering Bethlehem
Author: James Zogby
Publication Date: 20/12/2020
Source: Ahram Online
As we enter the final week before Christmas, my thoughts turn to Bethlehem, its struggling people, and the shocking disregard for them displayed by many Christians in the West. This is not to say that that these same Christians don’t love Bethlehem. But the city they love is the one of the story that’s two thousand years old.
Lebanon’s top Christian cleric urges politicians to form government
Publication Date: 26/12/2020
Source: Egypt Independent
Lebanon’s top Christian cleric urged politicians on Friday to rid themselves of external pressure and form a government to end political deadlock and help resolve a severe financial crisis.
Pandemic Heightens Dangers to International Religious Freedom
Author: Dale Gavlak
Publication Date: 30/12/2020
Source: Catholic News Agency
Christians and others practicing their faith experienced serious challenges to religious freedom around the world this year, heightened by dangers posed by the coronavirus pandemic.
The challenges ranged from institutionalized practices to violent killings and kidnappings. Others saw threats to religious freedom in pandemic lockdown restrictions.
Watch groups: Christians in Turkey face suppression, exploitation
Publication Date: 8/12/2020
Source: Catholic News Agency
Christians in Turkey are being systematically suppressed or exploited for political gains, warns a new report from two human rights watch groups, International Christian Concern and Middle East Concern.
