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Father Alphonsus Afina, a priest of the Diocese of Maiduguri, Nigeria Photo: ACN

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Fires set by Jewish settlers threaten the town of Taybeh, the only completely Christian town in the world

Tuesday, July 8, Israeli settlers set several fires near the town cemetery and the ancient 5th-century Church of St. George, threatening one of the oldest religious sites in Palestine. This was reported by priests Daoud Khoury, Jacques-Noble Abed, and Bashar Fawdeh, who oversee the three Christian communities of Taybeh (and thus the Greek Orthodox, Latin Catholic, and Greek Melkite believers).