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Jan George Esho, an Iraqi refugee living in Syria, became the head of his household after his father was killed in Iraq. His mother, aunt and sister sit below a photo of his father hanging on the wall.

Every once in a while, a story falls through the cracks and doesn’t make it onto our Web site, www.catholicsun.org. There are many reasons for it, but mostly because we don’t have a full-time Web master. Instead, our editor, Rob DeFrancesco, shoulders upkeep and design responsibilities for the award-winning site. He has to. There just isn’t anyone else on staff that knows how.

Longer stories often require more work to post on the Web. That’s why you haven’t seen the story on Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted’s five-year anniversary. But you’ll see it soon. Today, amidst a busy publication week that requires hours of editing, layout and administrative duties, Rob posted our series on the Church in the Middle East. Here’s the links:

• Plight of the Iraqi Christians: Refugees say they will never return to Iraq
• Problems continue for refugees leaving Iraq
• Caritas reaches out to victims of trafficking