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Patriarch encourages pilgrimages to bolster Jerusalem's Christians
BETHESDA, Maryland, USA (CNS): The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem says the dwindling population of Christians in his city needs to be bolstered by the support of Christians around the world and by their visits as pilgrims. (09/10/2011)
Reaching out in India with IT
INDIA (ACN News): Educated and IT-savvy Christians in India are bucking trends by becoming more involved with the Church, a bishop in the west of the country said. (02/10/2011)
Leader of US bishops asks for preaching on poverty
WASHINGTON, DC (Zenit.org): The leader of the United States bishops' conference is urging his brother prelates to bring the "scandal" of poverty and unemployment to public attention. (02/10/2011)
Air attacks crippling Gaza
HOLY LAND (ACN News): The situation in Gaza is "unbearable" - amid ongoing aerial bombard-ments - according to Church sources there. (25/09/2011)
Bishops spell out suffering of Iraqis
BRUSSELS (ACN News): The plight of Christians in Iraq was highlighted in a meeting of two leading bishops from the country and Council of Europe president Hermann Van Rompuy. (25/09/2011)
Church acts on Sudan crisis
SUDAN (ACN News): The Catholic Church is offering emergency aid in response to a new humanitarian crisis in Sudan caused by a fresh out-break of fighting in the Blue Nile State. (18/09/2011)
Cardinal proposes Eucharistic solution for economic problem
ANCONA, Italy (Zenit.org): Amid worldwide grap-pling with the economic crisis, Pope Benedict XVI's representative at Italy's 25th National Eucharistic Congress proposed the Eucharist as an invitation to solidarity. (18/09/2011)
Full seminaries under threat
UGANDA (ACN News): The rector of northern Uganda's major seminary has revealed that seminaries in the country have been hit badly by the country's severe economic crisis and rampant inflation. (11/09/2011)
Cradle Catholics have not done enough to evangelise, Pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS): Cradle Catholics haven't done enough to show people that God exists and can bring true fulfilment to everyone, Pope Benedict XVI told a group of his former students. (11/09/2011)
Christians must trust in Jesus
IRAQ (ACN News): An Iraqi bishop at World Youth Day in Madrid decried the situation of Christians in Iraq following renewed violence in the country. (04/09/2011)
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