Isang Magarbong Pagtanggap sa Kahalili ni Apostol San Pablo sa UAE

Isang katotohanang hindi matitibag ninoman. Na ang IGLESIA KATOLIKA lamang ang kinikilala ng mundo bilang TUNAY na Kristianismo at ang Santo Papa, ang kahalili ni Apostol San Pablo ang siyang pinagkalooban ng Panginoong Hesus ng OTORIDAD upang pangasiwaan ang tunay na Iglesia ni Cristo!

Kayaaaaa't bilang Katolikong Kristiano, tayo'y magpuri't magdiwang sapagkat tayo'y tinawag ng Diyos Ama sa tunay na Iglesiang tatag ng Kanyang Bugtong na Anak!

Bibisita si Papa Francisco sa United Arab Emirates sa 3-5 Pebrero 2019

Pope Francis UAE Visit Programme

Associated Press (AP) & Fox News: Iraq officially declares Christmas Day a national holiday

Sa mga kaanib ng Iglesiang tatag ni Ginoong Felix Y. Manalo noong 1914, ang ipinagdiriwang ay hindi petsa kundi ang OKASYON kung saan GINUGUNITA ng mga tunay na Kristiano na MAY BATANG IPINANGANAK sa atin at TATAWAGIN siyang 'EMMANUEL' SUMASAATIN ANG DIYOS! (Isaiah 9:6; Matthew 1:23)

Iraqis attend Christmas Mass at Mar Youssif Chaldean Church, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018. Although the number of Christians has dropped in Iraq, Christmas, a national holiday, is very popular in the capital. (AP Photo/Ali Abdul Hassan)

(Fox News) Iraq's Cabinet formally declared Christmas to be a national holiday as the country's Christians celebrated the birth of Jesus amid tight security more than a year after Baghdad declared victory over ISIS who sought to eradicate all who did not follow the group's strict interpretation of Sunni Islam.

"We extend our warmest wishes to Christians in Iraq and around the world for a very happy and peaceful Christmas," the government said in a Tuesday morning tweet.

We extend our warmest wishes to Christians in Iraq and around the world for a very happy and peaceful Christmas. pic.twitter.com/eqOR2JJ0LS

— Government of Iraq - الحكومة العراقية (@IraqiGovt) December 25, 2018

According to Reuters, Iraq's Christian population dropped from 1.5 million to approximately 400,000 after the American invasion in 2003 and that number has likely fallen further after ISIS swept across the north of the country in 2014. Iraq declared victory over ISIS last year, but the effects of the fighting are still visible.

In Baghdad, more than one hundred congregants attended Christmas mass at St. George Chaldean Church, led by Father Basilius.

"Of course we can say the security situation is better than in previous years," he told Reuters. "We enjoy security and stability mainly in Baghdad. In addition, Daesh [the Arabic acronym for ISIS] was beaten."

In an acknowledgment of the improved security situation, Pope Francis has dispatched his trusted secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, to Iraq to celebrate the Christmas season.

Parolin met Monday in Baghdad with Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi and celebrated a Christmas Vigil Mass at the Chaldean Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Baghdad's Karrada district, which has a significant Christian community. He is scheduled in the coming days to travel to northern Iraq to meet with Kurdish leaders in Irbil and to celebrate Mass in Qaraqosh in the Nineveh plains, near Mosul, according to the Vatican.

Christian communities have existed in Iraq since the first century and the Vatican has urged Christians who have fled persecution in Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere in the Middle East to return to their homes when security conditions permit.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Paring Katoliko Pinaslang sa Publiko ng mga Rebelde sa Syria

Isa na namang karumal-dumal na pagpatay sa isang paring Katoliko sa bansang Syria kung saan ang mga rebeldeng lumalaban kay Pangulong si Bashar Al-Assad.

Ayon sa report na galing sa Vatican, ang mga masasamang-loob ay ang mga bandidong Muslim na kilala sa pangalang al-Nusra Front at sila'y kabilang sa napakaraming umaangkin ng Syria sa ngayon. Layunin ng grupong bandido na gawing Islamic Country ang Syria at palalaganapin ang batas na Sharia sa nasabing bansa.

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A Syrian Catholic priest has been publicly executed by rebels at a monastery in the northern Syria, the Vatican says, BBC reported.

Father Francois Murad, 49, was beheaded on 23 June when militants attacked the convent where he was staying.

The Vatican news agency said the circumstances of the killing were not fully clear.

But local sources said the attackers were linked to the jihadist group known as al-Nusra Front.

Unconfirmed video footage claiming to show the priest's death, together with that of two other unidentified people, has been posted on Catholic websites.

Father Murad had moved to the convent in the area of Gassanieh for safety reasons, the Vatican said.

He was a member of the Franciscan order, the official custodian of Christian sites in the Middle East.

Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the head of Franciscans in the region, said Syria had now become a battleground not only between Syrian forces but also between Arab countries and the international community.

"Let us pray so that this absurd and shameful war ends soon and that the people of Syria can go back to living a normal life," he said.

Correspondents say many of Syria's ethnic and religious minorities are being drawn into the conflict as the fighting intensifies and becomes more sectarian in nature.

Gunmen in northern Syria abducted two Orthodox Christian bishops in April as they travelled from the Turkish border back to the city of Aleppo

Ang Pagbati ng Santo Papa sa mga Muslim sa Panahon ng Ramadan

Sa lahat ng mga Muslim pagbati mula sa Pangkalahatang Iglesia ni Cristo!