Iraqi Christians struggle to stay
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Insurgents bombed five Baghdad churches Saturday. A growing number of Christians are leaving Iraq.
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Threats from insurgents delayed a trip  by Iraqi political and religious leaders to the holy city of  Najaf on Tuesday to try and persuade a radical Shi'ite cleric  to end a rebellion that has killed hundreds.
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Five Christian churches in Baghdad were firebombed early Saturday morning in coordinated attacks, the latest effort by insurgents to terrorize the relatively small community of Christians in Iraq.
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Kirk Johnson is devoted to helping Iraqis resettle in the US. Hundreds, faced with death threats, are still waiting.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Explosions hit five Christian churches in Baghdad on Saturday and the U.S. command said four more American troops and an Iraqi interpreter were killed by car bombs as violence flared while Iraqi Muslims began marking the holy month of Ramadan...
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A look at the difficulties some Iraqis can face in trying to escpape their violent homeland.
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Across the Middle East, many people are forced to put off marriage, the gateway to independence. In their frustration they turn to religion for solace.
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Pope Benedict XVI said Thursday he is greatly concerned about the fate of Christians in Iraq, returning to a theme he discussed with President Bush earlier this month.
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CASTELGANDOLOFO, Italy  - Pope Benedict said on Sunday he hoped Iraq's Christian minority could continue to live in peace with the Muslim majority in a country where people of both religions faced tragedy on a daily basis.
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Thousands of Iraqi Christians picked their way through checkpoints and along dusty streets lined with concrete blast walls, packing churches in Baghdad on Tuesday for Christmas Mass.
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Only a few Iraqi Christians showed up to celebrate Mass in Baghdad's churches on Saturday because of fears that Islamic militants could launch attacks to coincide with the holiday.
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AMMAN, Jordan (RNS)--Iraqi Christians flocked to the Latin Catholic church in the Hashmi district of the Jordanian capital, a drab working-class area, where they celebrated Mass in the ancient Chaldean language.
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Al Qaeda militants in Iraq vowed   war on "worshippers of the cross" and protesters burned a papal   effigy on Monday over Pope Benedict's comments on Islam, while   Western churchmen and statesmen tried to calm passions.
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Though several Shiite and Sunni religious leaders have been kidnapped and killed, this is the first time insurgents have seized such a prominent Christian leader.
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JARAMANA, Syria  - Attacks on purveyors of alcohol  and music had already rattled Iraq's tiny Christian community,  but last month's bombing of churches shattered the hope some  still had of staying to help rebuild their country.
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Embattled Sunni Muslims in Iraq may sit out the vote
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Christians in the Middle East are growing uneasy over the widespread Muslim anger at Pope Benedict XVI, saying they increasingly worry about growing divisions between the two faiths.