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Photo: Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I embrace.

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Audience with the president of Armenia: special attention to Christian communities and other religious minorities, and to refugees in conflict zones 14-09-22
Patriarch Gregorios III Announces Initiative for Peace in Syria 14-09-20
Iraq: bishop, residents return to town as Kurdish forces advance 14-09-20
His Beatitude Sviatoslav arrived in Australia for a pastoral visit 14-09-19
Russian government announces joint art exhibition with Vatican 14-09-18
Focus on aiding victims of violence, not arming rebels, says Caritas leader 14-09-18
Cardinal Dolan urges U.S. Catholics to respond to the pleas of Ukraine’s Greek Catholic bishops 14-09-18
Synodal letter to the faithful of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church and to all people of good will regardings the social and political situation in Ukraine of the eve of parlamentary elections 14-09-18
Church leaders in Middle East call for UN intervention to defeat Islamic State 14-09-18
Jordan’s king pledges to protect Arab Christians 14-09-18
Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk to visit Australia 14-09-16
Vatican undaunted by report Islamic State targets Pope Francis 14-09-16
Papal envoy: refugees in Iraq must be protected 14-09-16
Iraqi prelate welcomes Western involvement, urges UN sanction 14-09-16
The Pope to render homage to martyrs of faith in Albania 14-09-15
Middle East is greatest crisis since World War II, cardinal says 14-09-15
Vatican: papal trip to Turkey confirmed (updated) 14-09-12
US House holds hearing on persecution of Christians in Syria, Iraq 14-09-12
Bishop to travel to White House, ask for visas for persecuted Iraqi Catholics 14-09-12
Russian Orthodox leader speaks of ‘organic unity’ of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus 14-09-12
Crimea: Catholic priest faces explusion, residency permit not renewed 14-09-12
Senator Cruz booed after lecturing Eastern Catholic prelates on support for Israel 14-09-11
Cardinal Sandri: educate so as not to fall prey to a vision of conflict between civilisations or religions 14-09-11
Ukrainian bishops plead for international intervention in response to Russian aggression 14-09-11
Iraqi priest: Mosul’s liberation must precede Christians’ return to homes 14-09-11