Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho of the northern Iraq city of Mosul, who was kidnapped in February by armed attackers, was found dead on March 13, church officials in Baghdad announced.
Category: May 2008, Middle East

The Anglican bishop of Jerusalem said he has not been informed of a Holy Land meeting planned for June by a group that opposes some Anglicans over their tolerance of homosexuality, adding that he believes it will be divisive for the Anglican Communion.
Category: February 2008, Middle East, Sexuality debate, Lambeth 2008
An Anglican vicar who was working to secure the release of five British hostages in Iraq fled the country on July 11 after being denounced as a spy.
Category: September 2007, Middle East
The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) has contributed to relief efforts concerning the conflict in the Gaza Strip in the Middle East and in areas of Bangladesh that have seen widespread flooding.
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Category: September 2007, PWRDF, Asia / Pacific, Middle East

A young man from a vocational training program sponsored by the Lutheran World Federation and Action by Churches Together (of which the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund is a member), harvests olives on the Mount of...
Category: February 2007, Middle East
A Lutheran Holy Land leader who was shocked to encounter school children begging by the road side has pleaded for Palestinians, Israelis and the international community to get more than 700,000 Palestinian students back to school.
Category: December 2006, Middle East

London The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, and Israel’s two chief rabbis, Shlomo Amar and Yona Metzger, have signed an agreement mapping out their future dialogue. “What we’ve agreed today will provide a framework...
Category: October 2006, Middle East, United Kingdom / Ireland, Anglican Communion

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Category: October 2006, United Kingdom / Ireland, Middle East

Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, on his second visit with Amir Kazemian, 41, a Christian convert from Islam who sought sanctuary at St. Michael’s Anglican Church in East Vancouver in June, 2004, said he will plead the case of the Iranian refugee claimant with Immigration Minister Monte Solberg.
Category: October 2006, Canada, Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, Middle East

The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF), the relief and development arm of the Anglican Church of Canada, has sent $25,000 in response to an appeal made by a global alliance of churches sending relief to civilians uprooted by the Israeli offensive in Lebanon.
Category: September 2006, Middle East, PWRDF