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Nation/World. March 21, 2021

Photos of the Week: March 22, 2021

By Catholic News Service

In the spotlight: St. Patrick’s Day, vigil for shooting victims, Myanmar violence

Nation/World. January 24, 2021

Photos of the Week: Jan. 17-24, 2021

By The Central Minnesota Catholic

In the spotlight this week: presidential inauguration, pro-life rally, COVID-19 memorial.

Nation/World. December 11, 2020

Pope encourages church’s efforts to bring peace, aid to Syria, Iraq

By Catholic News Service

Pope Francis sent a video message Dec. 10 to an online meeting about the Syrian and Iraqi humanitarian crises.

Nation/World. July 20, 2020

Catholic hospitals in Syria working to help indigent patients

By Catholic News Service

Three Catholic-run hospitals providing life-saving services free of charge to vulnerable Syrians hope to aid some 50,000 patients by the project’s end next year.

Nation/World. July 4, 2019

Pope meets Putin; two leaders talk about Ukraine, Syria, Venezuela

By Catholic News Service

Pope Francis welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Vatican July 4, and the two discussed the ongoing wars in Eastern Ukraine and in Syria, the Vatican said. Russia plays a major role in both conflicts.

Book Reviews. December 21, 2018

Book shows human faces of IS victims, atrocities of Islamic caliphate

By Catholic News Service

“The Terrorist Factory” is a book about the individual human tragedies caught up in this terrorist organization.

Nation/World. December 12, 2018

New law will provide relief to genocide victims in Iraq, Syria

By Catholic News Service

President Donald Trump has signed into law the Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act of 2018, which will provide humanitarian relief to genocide victims in Iraq and Syria and hold accountable Islamic State perpetrators of genocide.

Nation/World. March 16, 2018

Christian activists say militias target religious minorities in Syria

By Catholic News Service

Jihadists allied with Turkey are hunting down religious minorities to kill them in Syria’s northwest, Christian activists warn, as Turkey and its allies have encircled the Kurdish-held town of Afrin and are relentlessly pushing through.

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