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Ukrainian Catholic leader: Ukrainians ‘hurt’ by Pope’s description of war 15-02-26
Islamic State begins killing hostages; 5,000 Christians flee in Syria 15-02-26
Ukrainian Catholic leader pays tribute to slain Euromaidan protestors 15-02-25
Thousands of Egyptians flee Libya 15-02-25
Letter of His Beatitude Patriarch Gregorios III for Great and Holy Lent 2015 15-02-24
At least 100 Christians seized in Syria after Islamic State offensive 15-02-24
Ukraine’s leading Latin-rite prelate discusses meeting with Pope 15-02-24
Report: Islamic State burns down 4 Syrian churches 15-02-24
Islamic State destroys public library in Mosul 15-02-24
Coptic Church mobilizing to evacuate Egyptians from Libya 15-02-24
Iraqi Patriarch: Libyan conflict is a 'trap;' Europe should stay out 15-02-23
Ukrainian Church leader: 'we expect the whole Christian world to take our side' 15-02-23
Egyptians returning from Libya report forced labor, torture by Islamic militants 15-02-23
Armenian saint named Doctor of the Church 15-02-23
Syrian Orthodox priest released 15-02-23
Egypt’s leading Muslim cleric condemns killing of Christians 15-02-23
Poverty, Ukraine, among topics of meeting between Pope, Merkel 15-02-23
Ecumenical Patriarch: Orthodoxy is the ‘green Church par excellence’ 15-02-20
Prelate emphasizes: Ukraine is not in midst of civil war 15-02-20
Coptic Catholics, remembering martyrs in Libya, dedicate new church in Sinai 15-02-20
Pope backs peace in Ukraine, avoids criticism of Russia, in meeting with country's bishops 15-02-20
Prelate emphasizes: Ukraine conflict is invasion, not civil war 15-02-20
Christians in Middle East living the Way of the Cross, Melkite Patriarch says 15-02-19
Rival Ukrainian Orthodox groups at odds over government's battle with separatists 15-02-19
Nuncio: Russian annexation of Crimea is ‘gross violation’ of law 15-02-19