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In Jordan, Syrian refugees accepted by U.S. frustrated with Trump action
More than 27,000 Syrian refugees from 11 Middle Eastern host countries were under consideration for resettlement to the U.S. and in various stages of the approval process at the time of Trump's action.
Iraqi Christian leader visiting Mosul sees little future for Christians
As some residents of the city of Mosul celebrate their new freedom from the Islamic State group, an Iraqi Christian leader who visited the war-torn city said Christian residents are unlikely to return.
Religious, political leaders condemn shooting at Quebec mosque
UPDATED - Vigils were scheduled Jan. 30 in Quebec City and Montreal, the evening after two men entered the Quebec Islamic Cultural Center and opened fire, killing at least six men who were praying and injuring 19 more.
Iraqi patriarch: Fast track for Christian refugees will fuel tensions
"Every reception policy that discriminates (between) the persecuted and suffering on religious grounds ultimately harms the Christians of the East" and would be "a trap for Christians in the Middle East," said Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad.
Church without martyrs is church without Jesus, pope says
Martyrs and Christians who endure persecution for their faith are the church's great glory, strength and hope, and they humble those who have so much yet still complain, Pope Francis said.
Pope encourages Knights of Malta to continue path of renewal
In accordance with the pope's wishes, the governing council of the order accepted the resignation Jan. 28 of Fra Matthew Festing as grand master and appointed Fra Ludwig Hoffmann von Rumerstein to temporarily lead the chivalric order.
Culture alone cannot be blamed for drop in vocations, pope says
While there is a need to evangelize a culture that tells young people money equals success and commitments aren't forever, stopping the "hemorrhage" of people leaving religious orders also requires changes from the orders themselves, Pope Francis said.
Respond to violence with Christ’s love, strength, pope tells churches
Pope Francis prayed for an end to the daily violence and brutality waged by fundamentalist extremists in the Middle East.
Loss of hope, memory makes ‘cowardly’ Christians, pope says
Christians who do not remember the graces they received by God in the past can lose hope, turning into cowards who buckle in difficult times, Pope Francis said.
Catholics south of U.S. border say wall won’t deter desperate migrants
Sister Leticia Gutierrez, Mexico director of the Scalabrini Mission for Migrants and Refugees, said "the United States will not stop being an attractive place for people" who live in such dangerous conditions.