By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz What keeps Lebanon from sliding into a failed state? The Lebanese appreciate their country but not their politics. Statesmen are not held in high esteem in Beirut. Politicians rotate positions through elections but leaders do not change.…
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“How do you square ‘sustainable political solutions’ with extremists who boast about horrific crimes?” “Please bomb us,” asked the woman being held captive by the Islamic State of Iraq. She was talking to her relatives on the phone. That morning, she had been raped 30…
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Bishop Georges Abou Khazen OFM Syrian Bishops: ‘If the world wants to help us, stop sending weapons’ | Catholic Bishops of Syria, arms trade,Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkite, Grégoire III, Apostolic Nuncio Mario Zenari, Mgr Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso,…
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By Catholic News Service A Syrian child cries at a refugee camp in Lebanon (AP) Pointing to “the grave violations and abuses” committed by ISIS militants in the Middle East, Archbishop Auza, the Vatican’s nuncio to the United Nations (UN), called on the…
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By Salim Abraham A woman and children who fled from violence in Nineveh province in Iraq (CNS) Christian refugees are facing a life-and-death situation in the Nineveh Plain When ISIS was pushing its way into Qaraqosh, a Christian town in Iraq’s north-western…
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by ISIS By Leah Marieann Klett (news@gospelherald.com Roma Downey and Mark Burnett are the creators of ”The Bible” series Christian power couple Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, the creators of the hit “The Bible” series, are working to raise $25 million to help Christians displaced or affected by the ISIS terror group in Iraq and…
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Men walk on the rubble of damaged buildings at a site hit by what activists said were air strikes by forces of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus October 20, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Bassam Khabieh…
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John L. Allen Jr. Istanbul’s Sultan Ahmet Mosque, known as the Blue Mosque, is seen in this 1998 file photo. Pope Francis will visit the mosque during a trip to Turkey Nov. 28-30. (Mehmet Gulbiz, EPA/CNS) Recently the Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis will travel to Turkey Nov. 28-30, the…
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Assyrian fighters from the Ninevah Plains Unit pose with their weapons in Ninevah province, Oct. 26, 2014. (photo by Twitter/@assyriansoul) In the town of Alqosh, at the northern limit of the Ninevah Plains, uniformed and armed members of the Assyrian Democratic Movement’s (ADM) force once patrolled the…
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The theatre is filled with moments when everything clicks together, every part, scene and note, to produce a magical experience for audience and players alike. It happened at the Mesopotamian Night Chicago’s premiere concert October 11 at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, IL.…
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by Wadih El Hayek and Youssef Zbib A pro-Christian protest in Beirut, Lebanon, on July 24, 2014. Some rights reserved by mariogoraieb On the terrace of his small apartment in Sin El Fil, east of Beirut, Ghassan sat cradling…
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Billy Hallowell Honoree’s Mark Burnett and Roma Downey attends the Anti-Defamation League Entertainment Industry Dinner honoring Roma Downey and Mark Burnett at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on May 8, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. (John M. Heller/Getty Images)…
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Our 2014 war scenarios seem to be replays of Cold War confrontations with Russia and China, plus reruns of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syrian U.S. interventions of 1991-2003 under Bush/Cheney and Clinton regimes. Anti-war protests and elections change nothing. Big Oil, arms brokers and military…
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By Reissa Su REUTERS/Umit Bektas A black flag belonging to the Islamic State is seen near the Syrian town of Kobani, as pictured from the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, October 6, 2014. A black flag belonging to Islamic State was visible…
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Inter Press Service AMUDA, Syria, Oct 28 (IPS) – There was never anything particularly remarkable about this northern town of 25,000. However, today it has become the lab for one the most pioneering political experiments ever conducted in the entire Middle East region.…
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Chicago area ANCA and Armenian American community members joined with Senator Mark Kirk and Assyrian American community leaders at a special field hearing on ISIS’s Atrocities against women and religious minorities. “ISIS controls more money, fighters and land than al-Qaeda did on 9/11 and is…
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Banner Icon War in Syria The Kurdish fight in Syria slowly turns international on the ground as an unprecedented number of foreign volunteers join the pro-Kurdish militias to fight against the Islamic State (IS) jihadists. The most widely reported cases include 43-year-old US air force veteran Brian Wilson…
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By LAUREN RELICH/ VN STAFF WRITER The Christians of Mosul who have been targeted by the Islamic extremist group ISIS will be the focus of a mass on campus Sunday, Nov. 9, at 9 p.m. in St. Ignatius Chapel. “During July of this year, Iraqi Christians of Mosul and northern villages were forced by…
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Catholic News Agency (CNA) Erbil, Iraq, .- Bombs are falling and the sound of the explosion is sending shock and fear into the hearts of the people. Amid the sound of crying and frenzied activity, people pack up what belongings they can carry and make off into the night.…
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Cal Thomas American Christians have been slow to the point of near silence when it comes to speaking out about the atrocities committed against their fellow believers by the Islamic State in Iraq (ISIS). The Jewish people are much better models in solidarity when Jews are persecuted.…
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