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Papal appeal for Iraq 14-06-30
Patriarch Gregorios III speaks at opening of Antiochian Conference at Univesity of Balamand 14-06-28
Russia placing new restrictions on churches in Crimea 14-06-27
Tens of thousands of Syrian Catholics flee Islamist advance 14-06-27
Pope urges Eastern churches to be peacemakers 14-06-26
Orthodox delegation in Rome for feast of Sts. Peter and Paul 14-06-26
Melkite Archiepiscopal Transferrals 14-06-25
Egypt: Christian imprisoned for insulting Islam 14-06-25
Amid Iraqi crisis, Chaldean Catholic Church begins synod 14-06-25
Closing of the Holy Synod of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church 14-06-24
Pope pays tribute to fidelity of Ukraine’s Greek Catholics 14-06-23
Russian Patriarch not welcome in Ukraine, says government minister 14-06-20
Situation worsening around Mosul, says prelate 14-06-19
Orientale Lumen XVIII Conference set for June 23-26 in Washington, DC 14-06-18
June 16-21, 2014 - Holy Synod of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church 14-06-17
Unrest in Ukraine brings new ecumenical opportunities, Catholic patriarch reports 14-06-17
Syrian rebels targeting Aleppo’s churches, says prelate 14-06-17
Iraqi archbishop argues against foreign intervention 14-06-17
The whole world has become convinced that Ukraine is the home of numerous nationalities and religions, peacefully co-existing,” UGCC bishops 14-06-13
Iraqi archbishop, priests flee to villages amid jihadist advance 14-06-13
'Anarchy' in Mosul, Christians face new violence 14-06-12
Kidnapped Jesuit alive in Syria, report claims 14-06-12
Sudanese woman still faces execution, pressure for conversion mounting 14-06-12
Ukrainian Catholic bishops see 'miraculous' solidarity against corruption, foreign domination 14-06-11
Egypt’s new president pays tribute to Coptic Christians 14-06-11