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August 2013

August 21, 2013

Twenty-thousand Syrian Kurds forced to take refuge in Iraq

Faysh Khabur, Iraq, Aug 21, 2013 / 02:08 am (CNA).- Following recent clashes in Syria...

August 21, 2013

Egyptian bishop says terrorists tried to kill him in his home

Luxor, Egypt, Aug 21, 2013 / 12:10 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In the midst of recent...

August 19, 2013

Egyptian patriarch calls recent violence a ‘war’ on terrorism

Alexandria, Egypt, Aug 19, 2013 / 05:08 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The head of the Coptic...

August 02, 2013

Indian migrants in Holy Land prepare for Marian feast

Jaffa, Israel, Aug 2, 2013 / 04:10 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Preparations for the Feast of...

July 2013

July 29, 2013

Catholics begin to build new church in the Emirates

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Jul 29, 2013 / 12:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Catholics in...

July 19, 2013

Bishops urge end of ‘indifference’ to Central African Republic

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jul 19, 2013 / 01:52 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The bishops'...

July 17, 2013

African bishops promote end to violence in DR Congo

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jul 17, 2013 / 05:03 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- At a...

July 15, 2013

Child’s smile enough to keep volunteers in Syria

Homs, Syria, Jul 15, 2013 / 05:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A Syrian woman who works...

June 2013

June 13, 2013

Zambian bishops encourage ‘people-driven’ constitution

Lusaka, Zambia, Jun 13, 2013 / 02:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Catholic bishops of Zambia...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

Bishops denounce attacks in Central African Republic

Madrid, Spain, May 31, 2013 / 04:04 pm (CNA).- A bishop in the Central African...

May 28, 2013

Iranian government arrests Christian pastor, closes church

Washington D.C., May 28, 2013 / 05:46 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The pastor of a Pentecostal...

May 23, 2013

Mideast Christians unite in prayer for abducted bishops

Aleppo, Syria, May 23, 2013 / 02:55 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Orthodox and Catholic Christians in...

May 23, 2013

New academic post aims to renew Africa’s political culture

Vatican City, May 23, 2013 / 08:31 am (CNA).- Cardinal Robert Sarah, the president of...

May 23, 2013

Nigerian bishops lament disunity among local Catholics

Abuja, Nigeria, May 23, 2013 / 04:06 am (CNA).- As the Catholics of the Diocese...

May 08, 2013

US bishops oppose re-routing of Israel-Palestine separation wall

Washington D.C., May 8, 2013 / 05:25 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The U.S. bishops have criticized...

May 06, 2013

Caritas official: Bombing of new Tanzanian parish surpasses other attacks

Arusha, Tanzania, May 6, 2013 / 08:50 am (CNA).- A top official with the charity...

May 04, 2013

Pastor’s move to solitary confinement in Iran sparks worry

Washington D.C., May 4, 2013 / 01:19 pm (CNA).- A U.S. citizen being held in...

May 01, 2013

Kidnapped Syrian bishop in need of medicine

Washington D.C., May 1, 2013 / 12:36 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- No news has emerged of...

April 2013

April 23, 2013

Pope responds to bishops’ kidnapping with ‘intense prayer’

Vatican City, Apr 23, 2013 / 05:31 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis is responding to...

April 20, 2013

Egyptian police accused of siding with cathedral attackers

Cairo, Egypt, Apr 20, 2013 / 06:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A media representative for Egypt's...

April 17, 2013

Pope Francis assures Iran, Pakistan quake victims of prayers

Vatican City, Apr 17, 2013 / 06:21 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis is praying for...

April 15, 2013

Bishop warns of Church plundering in Central African Republic

Bangassou, Apr 15, 2013 / 04:26 pm (CNA).- In the midst of a conflict between...

April 09, 2013

Egypt’s Christians call for peace after attack on Orthodox cathedral

Cairo, Egypt, Apr 9, 2013 / 02:03 am (CNA).- Christian leaders in Egypt appealed for...

March 2013

March 27, 2013

Pope calls for end to Central African Republic violence

Vatican City, Mar 27, 2013 / 11:36 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis appealed for an...

March 26, 2013

Good Friday stations pray for Christian unity in Middle East

Rome, Italy, Mar 26, 2013 / 04:03 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A Syrian Christian who fled...

March 16, 2013

After two years of Syrian violence, religious sisters continue aid

Damascus, Syria, Mar 15, 2013 / 06:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- While the world marks the...

February 2013

February 26, 2013

Patriarch urges protection for Iraq’s fleeing Christians

Baghdad, Iraq, Feb 26, 2013 / 12:03 am (CNA).- Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako, head...

February 23, 2013

Jailed Iranian pastor reports ‘threatening’ abuse

Washington D.C., Feb 22, 2013 / 05:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Christian Pastor Saeed Abedini, a...

February 22, 2013

Tanzanian bishops stress peace as murdered priest laid to rest

CNA STAFF, Feb 22, 2013 / 04:08 pm (CNA).- The bishops of Tanzania called on...

February 20, 2013

No suspects yet in Tanzanian killing of Catholic priest

CNA STAFF, Feb 20, 2013 / 12:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- According to Paolo Taffuri, the...