December 29, 2020
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.Pope Francis meets with Catholic Patriarchs of the Middle East Feb. 7, 2020. From left to right are Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai, Maronite patriarch; Iraqi Cardinal Louis Sako, Chaldean patriarch; Coptic Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak; Pope Francis; Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan; Melkite Catholic Patriarch Joseph Absi; and Armenian Patriarch Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) .Iraqis in Baghdad wear protective face masks during Christmas Mass at St. Elya Chaldean Catholic Church Dec. 25, 2020. (CNS photo/Khalid al-Mousily, Reuters)
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BEIRUT (CNS) Amid suffering and despair, further darkened by the coronavirus pandemic, Catholic patriarchs of the Middle East urged their faithful at Christmastime to hold on to hope.
Pre-Christmas Celebration Gives Hope to Iraqi Assyrians Still in Lebanon aina.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aina.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Pre-Christmas celebration gives hope to Iraqi refugees still in Lebanon Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan is pictured with the Holy Missionary Choir during a pre-Christmas celebration for Iraqi Syriac Catholic refugee families in Lebanon Dec. 12, 2020. The celebration was at Sts. Behnam and Sarah Church in Fanar, Lebanon. CNS photo/courtesy Syriac Catholic patriarchate Pre-Christmas celebration gives hope to Iraqi refugees still in Lebanon By Doreen Abi Raad, Catholic News Service December 14, 2020
FANAR, Lebanon Toddlers could hardly contain their excitement as they danced in the church aisles to the Holy Missionary Choir s Christmas songs during a celebration that was a bright star of hope for Iraqi Syriac Catholic refugee families.