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1. Pope appoints new nuncio to Iraq 

   News - International

   Monday, 06 September 2010

   Pope Benedict has appointed Monsignor Giorgio Lingua as the Holy See's representative to Iraq and Jordan, as the Iraqi Church struggles to find peace.
   

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2. Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity to get leaky roof fixed 

   News - International

   Friday, 03 September 2010

   The Palestinian Authority and Christian leaders have signed an accord to repair the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
   

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3. Church body proposes boycott of Israeli goods made in settlements 

   News - International

   Thursday, 22 July 2010

   Australia's peak ecumenical body has asked Australians to consider boycotting goods produced by Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian Territories, in solidarity with Palestinian Christians.

   
   

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4. People movements challenge Middle East Christians 

   News - International

   Friday, 25 June 2010

   Authoritative Vatican analyst Sandro Magister has written that local Christians on the Arabian peninsula are being swamped by the arrival of large numbers of migrants.
   

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5. Pope's call to end Mid-East bloodshed 

   News - International

   Monday, 07 June 2010

   Pope Benedict XVI has ended a visit to Cyprus with a call to end to bloodshed in the Middle East, and highlighting the plight of the region's Christians.
   

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6. Turkish bishop killed by his driver 

   News - International

   Friday, 04 June 2010

   The president of the Turkish bishops' conference, Bishop Luigi Padovese, was stabbed to death yesterday at his home in Iskenderun. Murat Altun, his driver and aide, was arrested as the prime suspect.
   

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7. Mt Sinai is in Israel, not Egypt, says archaeologist 

   News - International

   Wednesday, 02 June 2010

   A prominent archaeologist says he believes that his controversial view that the biblical Mount Sinai is in Israel's Negev desert rather than Egypt's Sinai Peninsula will soon be adopted by the Vatican.
   

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8. Fishing ban for Sea of Galilee 

   News - International

   Friday, 14 May 2010

   The Israeli government has introduced a two-year ban on fishing in the biblical Sea of Galilee, where St Peter and other apostles once fished at the command of Jesus.
   

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9. Noah's Ark team may have been hoaxed 

   News - International

   Tuesday, 04 May 2010

   A former member of the archaeological team that claims to have discovered Noah's Ark on Turkey's Mt Ararat says the team may have been hoaxed.
   

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10. Sheik's efforts get Annunciation declared Lebanese holiday 

    News - International

    Tuesday, 30 March 2010

    The feast of the Annunciation, March 25, has been recognised in Lebanon as a national holiday thanks to the lobbying of a Sheik.
    

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