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Mideast Catholic patriarchs urge Christmas hope amid misery

Patriarchs of the Middle East urged their faithful, overwhelmed with suffering, to hold on more tightly to hope this Christmastime.

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Young Iraqi Catholics told by cardinal not to despair over their future

As thousands of young Catholics around the world celebrated diocesan World Youth Day on the feast of Christ the King on Sunday, the Chaldean youth in war-torn Iraq were no exception, with a weekend-long meeting that brought together 450 women and men from the country’s eight dioceses.

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Pope gives $350,000 to help suffering Iraqi families

Before returning to Rome from Iraq March 8, Pope Francis left $350,000 to assist families still suffering the impact of conflict or in dire straits because of the economic crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, said Cardinal Louis Sako, the Baghdad-based patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church.

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Catholics in Iraq praying COVID doesn’t delay papal trip

Catholics in Iraq are not giving up on a papal visit despite Pope Francis recently saying the pandemic might stop him from going: At the request of Cardinal Patriarch Raphael Sako, they’re reciting a prayer specifically for the trip scheduled for March 5-8 to take place.

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Mideast patriarchs tell pope they’re concerned about Christian survival

In a private meeting with Pope Francis, Catholic patriarchs of the Middle East had an opportunity to sound the alarm regarding the survival of Christians in the region as a result of persecution, extremism, economic insecurity and immigration to the West.

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