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  • strict warning: Declaration of views_handler_sort::options_validate() should be compatible with views_handler::options_validate($form, &$form_state) in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_sort.inc on line 0.
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  • strict warning: Declaration of views_handler_sort::query() should be compatible with views_handler::query($group_by = false) in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_sort.inc on line 0.
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  • strict warning: Non-static method views_many_to_one_helper::option_definition() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_argument_many_to_one.inc on line 35.
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We perform pilgrimage simultaneously on Earth
By Fr. Dr. Rif’at Bader
: News reports indicate that the General Command of the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF) on Monday...More
Pope: 'Jesus presents Himself to us as the living bread come down from heaven'
By Christopher Wells/ vaticannews.va
: “Going to Mass and receiving Communion” is very important, Pope Francis said at Sunday’s Angelus, “because to receive Communion is to receive this living Christ, who transforms us interiorly, and prepares us for heaven.” The Holy Father based his reflection on Sunday’s Gospel reading, which contains the second part of Jesus’ discourse on the...More
Iraq: 'Without faith, we wouldn’t have had the courage to come back'
acnuk.org
: Christians in Iraq have had the opportunity to return home to their towns and villages and lay claim to their land. After years after being forced out of their towns and villages by extremist group Daesh (ISIS) – thousands upon thousands of Christians are now returning to their homes and villages in the Nineveh Plains. When ISIS was first forced...More
“Youcat for Kids” to be presented during the World Meeting of Families
By MARIA TERESA PONTARA PEDERIVA / lastampa.it
: Elaborated in Austria, the version of the handbook that condenses the Catholic faith for children will be presented by Cardinal Schönborn during the World Meeting of Families. The preface is by Francis. About thirty publishers are at work for translation and by the end of the year the handbook will be published in a dozen languages, but soon they...More
Iraq: Assyrian Church may have paid ISIS a million dollars in ransoms
By Ben Kew/ aina.org
: The Assyrian Church in Syria may have paid more than a million dollars to the Islamic State (ISIS) in extortion fees, the New York Times has reported. The report details the plight of Christian communities across Syria amid the country’s brutal civil war, many of which have been subject to persecution and brutal attacks by ISIS. The situation has...More
Canonization of Pope Paul VI reaffirms spirit of Second Vatican Council
By Cardinal Fernando Sebastián Aguilar/ osservatoreromano.va
: In just a few months, Pope Francis will canonize Pope Paul VI. It is an extremely important ecclesiastical event. To canonize Pope Paul VI is to reaffirm the documents and the spirit of the Second Vatican Council because Pope Paul VI was the Pope of this Council. He was the Pope who understood the significance of this Council in the history of the...More
Pope: 'Jesus presents Himself to us as the living bread come down from heaven'
Iraq: 'Without faith, we wouldn’t have had the courage to come back'
“Youcat for Kids” to be presented during the World Meeting of Families
Iraq: Assyrian Church may have paid ISIS a million dollars in ransoms
Canonization of Pope Paul VI reaffirms spirit of Second Vatican Council

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Pope to arrive in Ireland Aug. 25 to participate in the World Meeting of Families

By Sr.vaticannews.va/ Bernadette Mary Reis/
: Pope Francis arrives in Ireland on August 25 where he will participate in the World Meeting of Families (WMOF) based on the theme “The Gospel of the Family: Joy for the World”, a theme Pope Francis himself chose. The IX World Meeting of Families begins on Tuesday, August 21 with an opening ceremony including the celebration of Evening Prayer in Dublin. Ecumenical in nature, those participating will welcome Christ as the unfailing light, join in singing and praying hymns and psalms, and intercede for the entire human family. A similar opening ceremony will take place in all the other Dioceses of Ireland. This prayer service will open the path for the entire WMOF which ends with the solemn Papal Mass on Sunday, August 26th. WMOF Pastoral Congress Pope Francis chose the theme himself which...
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Lack of clarity regarding the legal status of Christianity in Algeria

Pope: St. Stanislaus teaches youth to run towards holiness

Pope on Assumption: God saves the whole person, body and soul

Holy Snakes! A Marian feast day's strange, stunning miracle

Pope Francis prays for victims of bridge collapse in Italy

Pope Francis at Angelus: ‘It’s evil not to do good!’

Arab World

Syria: Melkite Church helps Christian family stay put in the face of hardship

By Joseph Jebran/ churchinneed.org
: For 22 years, Michel Baladi, 43, worked at a printing house. In 2003, he married Rima, 38, with whom he has three children: Mariel, age 13; Christel, age 10; Georges, age 7. They live in Aleppo, Syria and in recent years learned the difference between mortar shells and missiles—the hard way. Michel, who is a Melkite, tells his story: “We left our house in 2012, when the war reached our neighborhood. We moved to a place near the Melkite Catholic Cathedral. But when the war spread there, we had to rent an apartment in another district.” “The militants stole from us, grabbed everything they could; we were left with only the clothes on our back. Our children were forced to leave school. Mariel, our daughter, fell behind, unable to continue studying. We saw bombs in our neighborhood, along...
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Iraqi Christians who stay are pillars of the local community

Young Iraqi Christians ponder: Should I stay or should I go?

Syria: The monastery of St. Tekla in Maalula reopens

Final statement of the 2018 Chaldean Synod

Caritas Syria: The wounds of the war are still bleeding

Iraq: Prelate calls for international peace-keeping force on Nineveh Plain

Holy Land

The ancient city of Megiddo and the Christian tradition

cmc-terrasanta.org
: A city which dates back to 6000 BC. A strategic point in the Esdrelon Valley, where battles took place in different historical periods, and it would be also associated with the Armageddon, described in the Book of Revelation. A city that has its roots in the Neolithic, about 6,000 years BC. Its golden age was during the Bronze Age and then it gradually continued until the Iron Age. Megiddo is located in the north part of the country, in the region of the Esdrelon Valley or Jezrael. Its ruins today constitute an archaeological site. The city is well known for its historical and geographical importance, also due to the many archaeological and documentary evidence such as the letters of Tell Amarna, of the 14 century BC. Br. Alessandro Coniglio, professor of Exegesis of the Old Testament,...
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Ten Rosary Sisters made their vows professions

The solemnity of the Assumption of Mary celebrated in Jerusalem

Meditation of Archbishop Pizzaballa: 20th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B

Caritas Jordan concludes PEER Program

First Christian military pilgrimage convoy to visit Palestine holy sites

Jordan will remain strong and impenetrable — King