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Biblical tourist village to be built near site of Jesus’ baptism

AMMAN, Jordan  — Jordan began Christmas celebrations by unveiling a project that could attract 1 million pilgrims annually to the officially recognized site of...

Catholic aid agencies urge the U.N. Security Council to allow delivery...

AMMAN, Jordan-- More than 30 international aid agencies, including Catholics and other Christian groups, warn of a humanitarian catastrophe should the U.N. Security Council...

Analysis: Women and religious minorities fear for the future under Taliban...

AMMAN, Jordan  -- The 20-year American military presence in Afghanistan had hoped to bring stability and an end to its use as a terrorist...

Grief-stricken Lebanese people demand reform, speak out against corruption in government...

AMMAN, Jordan -- Viewing the burned wasteland of the Beirut port, one's eye catches a grey concrete slab in the foreground. It bears this...

Catholic leaders call for prayers, help after massive Beirut blast leaves...

AMMAN, Jordan -- Lebanese were reeling after a massive explosion at Beirut's port destroyed homes, businesses and livelihoods across the capital, and Catholic leaders...

Christians see Erdogan’s move to make Hagia Sophia a functioning mosque...

AMMAN, Jordan -- Catholics and other Christians are upset by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's conversion of Hagia Sophia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site,...

Chaldean Cardinal Sako: Innocents will ‘be the fuel’ for fire after...

Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako, responding to a U.S. drone attack in Baghdad that killed Iran's top general, said "wisdom is required to avoid...

Caritas Syria: Air strikes reopened wounds, but agency still able to...

AMMAN, Jordan -- Caritas Syria said the recent massive missile strikes by the United States, Britain and France, intended to weaken Syria's chemical weapons...

U.S., world urged to help Jordan aid refugees, end Syrian civil...

Catholic News Service SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan -- The United States has a responsibility to help Jordan as it struggles to support hundreds of thousands of...

Christian activists warn of slaughter of Syrian civilians in Afrin

Catholic News Service AMMAN, Jordan -- Christian activists warn that 1 million Syrian civilians will face certain slaughter in northwestern Afrin, where they allege Turkey...

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