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POPE FRANCIS ISSUES RULING FOR LOCAL IRAQI CHRISTIAN CHURCH: WILL NOT SEND FATHER NOEL TO IRAQ

 

Ruling protects priests across U.S., overrules patriarch’s decision

East County News Service

Photo:  Father Noel with Congressman Juan Vargas late last year; photo by Miriam Raftery

(January 8, 2015)- In a landmark decision, Pope Francis has ruled in favor of St. Peter's Chaldean Church in El Cajon in its battle to keep Father Noel Gorgis safely here.


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ISIS CAPTURES COALITION PILOT FROM JORDAN; U.S. DENIES ISIS DOWNED PLANE

 

East County News Service

December 25, 2014 (San Diego)—Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists claim to have shot down a coalition aircraft and captured a Jordanian pilot.  Photos sent on an ISIS Twitter feed show ISIS fighters forcing a dazed and partially stripped down man resembling the pilot through shallow water, possibly toward the shore.


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