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		<title>Report reveals 75 percent of religious persecution is against Christians</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2011/03/21/report-reveals-75-percent-of-religious-persecution-is-against-christians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.D. Long-García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aid to the Church in Need, an organization which helps Christians suffering persecution or oppression in more than 130 countries, has released a report detailing how Christians suffer 75 percent of religious persecution in the world. Archbishop Bashar Warda or Erbil Iraq and Cardinal Keith Patrick O&#8217;Brien of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh announced the report, Persecuted and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diary from the Middle East No. 4</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2009/11/07/diary-from-the-middle-east-no-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.D. Long-García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the fourth in a series of posts about J.D. Long-Garcia&#8217;s trip to the Middle East last year. He didn&#8217;t finish the series then, but is revisiting it now, a year after the articles were first published in the paper. Finding shelter First thing in the morning, after having, among other things, hummus for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diary from the Middle East No. 3</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2009/11/06/diary-from-the-middle-east-no-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.D. Long-García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been exactly a year since we published our print coverage of The Church in the Middle East. With that in mind, I thought it would be appropriate to finish the incomplete &#8220;Diary from the Middle East.&#8221; Meeting Iraqi refugees My mother’s 3,000 “be careful” admonitions ring through my head as the driver whips through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi Christians</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2009/08/06/iraqi-christians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been 10 months since J.D. shared the plight of Iraqi Christians with Catholic Sun readers. I must admit I haven&#8217;t heard much about them from Catholic or mainstream media since then. Until this week, that is. I heard during a K-Love news update this weekend that Iraq launched its first Christian radio station. While [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Church in the Middle East&#8217; now on the Web</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2009/02/10/church-in-the-middle-east-now-on-the-web/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.D. Long-García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every once in a while, a story falls through the cracks and doesn&#8217;t make it onto our Web site, www.catholicsun.org. There are many reasons for it, but mostly because we don&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>O little town of Bethlehem</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2009/01/01/o-little-town-of-bethlehem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I drove by a Lutheran church yesterday morning when the bells were chiming this classic Christmas hymn. Then I ran across an excerpt in the St. Gregory parish bulletin about the current state of Bethlehem. The article was originally published in the Sept. 1, 2008 issue of America, a weekly Jesuit Catholic magazine. The full version is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video Troubles</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2008/10/23/video-troubles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.D. Long-García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thought we could all use a laugh at my expense. This video is a &#8220;behind-the-scenes&#8221; look at my troubles recording a very simple intro to a piece from the Middle East.]]></description>
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		<title>Diary from the Middle East No. 2</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2008/10/22/diary-from-the-middle-east-no-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogtcs.com/2008/10/22/diary-from-the-middle-east-no-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.D. Long-García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[J.D. Long-Garcia, managing editor of The Catholic Sun, reported on the Church’s work in the Middle East earlier this month. The Catholic Relief Services-sponsored trip brought seven journalists from around the United States to witness Catholic outreach in the region. Stories from The Catholic Sun: Plight of the Iraqi Christians: Refugees say they will never [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diary from the Middle East No. 1</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2008/10/20/diary-from-the-middle-east-no-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogtcs.com/2008/10/20/diary-from-the-middle-east-no-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.D. Long-García</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blogtcs.com/?p=673</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[J.D. Long-Garcia, managing editor of The Catholic Sun, reported on the Church&#8217;s work in the Middle East earlier this month. The Catholic Relief Services-sponsored trip brought seven journalists from around the United States to witness Catholic outreach in the region. Stories from The Catholic Sun: Plight of the Iraqi Christians: Refugees say they will never [...]]]></description>
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		<title>About the delay&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2008/10/17/about-the-delay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogtcs.com/2008/10/17/about-the-delay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.D. Long-García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You might have noticed from other recent posts, but I&#8217;m back in Phoenix. I&#8217;ll be posting a delayed &#8220;Diary from the Middle East&#8221; in the coming weeks. I traveled to the region this month with other Catholic journalists on a Catholic Relief Services-sponsored trip. We reported on the life of Iraqi refugees. Related blog: Reporting [...]]]></description>
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