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Syria's Christians will endure despite mass exodus, Patriarch Gregorios III proclaims 13-10-17
Chaldean Catholic patriarch, Iraqi prime minister discuss plight of Christians 13-10-17
Parish in Ukraine desecrated 13-10-16
India: repeated attacks on Christians in Karnataka 13-10-14
Prelate rejects call for Kurdish region in Syria 13-10-14
Turkish officials may return ancient monastery’s land 13-10-10
Assyrian Christian leader welcomes Chaldean Catholic patriarch’s overture 13-10-09
Christians in Jerusalem protest desecration by Jewish extremists 13-10-09
Missing Jesuit reported alive, in captivity, in Syria 13-10-09
Orthodox prelates commemorate Edict of Milan, lament persecution of Christians 13-10-08
Chaldean patriarch tightens control over Church properties 13-10-08
Armenian church approves ‘collective canonization’ of genocide victims 13-10-04
Celebration of 150 years of the Saint Vincent de Paul Society in Damascus 13-10-03
Islamist militias attack another historic Christian town in Syria 13-10-02
Assassination attempt against Coptic bishop in Egypt 13-10-01
Tombstones smashed in Christian cemetery in Jerusalem 13-10-01
Report: 2 Christians shot in Libya after refusing to convert to Islam 13-10-01
Violence against Christians in Egyptian town 13-09-30
Ukrainians Purchase Church in Senlis, France 13-09-28
Orthodox patriarch pleads for negotiated peace in Syria, grateful for Pope's help 13-09-28
Orthodox bishops kidnapped in Syria in April reported still alive 13-09-28
Syrian rebels burn statues, crosses in Greek and Armenian Catholic Catholic parishes 13-09-27
Holy See, Palestinian Authority move toward diplomatic accord 13-09-27
Coptic Christians targeted for kidnapping in Egypt 13-09-26
Jerusalem patriarch rues imams’ preaching of violence against non-Muslims 13-09-25