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Turkish police release Syriac priest; Christian couple abducted

January 16, 2020

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CWN Editor's Note: Turkish police arrested the caretaker of the world’s surviving Syriac Orthodox monastery for “terrorism” after he gave food to a Kurdish separatist.

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Memorial of St. John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor

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Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. John of the Cross (1542-1591). He was born and died in Spain. His parents were poor and could not give him training in any trade, hence he became the servant of the sick in the hospital of Medina. In 1563 he offered himself as a lay brother to the Carmelite…

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