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Mother Agnes Mary of the Cross replies to critics

  Nov 23, 2013, Levant TV As part of her international tour for the Mussalaha initiative (Reconciliation), Levant TV interviewed Mother Agnes Mary of the Cross during her visit to the UK. Mother Agnes Mary of the Cross is spokesperson for the Catholic Media Centre of the Diocese of Homs, …

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Love fuels nun’s efforts to promote peace, reconciliation

Photo by Robert Linn for the Denver Catholic RegisterMother Agnes Mariam de la Croix prays at St. Rafka Maronite Catholic Church in Lakewood Nov. 17. Photo by Robert Linn for the Denver Catholic Register

Nov 19, 2013, Denver Catholic Register While a Carmelite monk from Colorado is barricaded in a Syrian monastery because of ongoing violence, his spiritual leader is traveling the United States and pleading for reconciliation over war. Mother Superior Agnes Mariam de la Croix, a Lebanese nun who opened St. James …

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HEAR MOTHER AGNES MARIAM SPEAK IN RICHMOND HILL DEC 1

What is Really Happening in Syria Today? Mother Agnes-Mariam of The Cross Mother Agnes-Mariam of the Cross is Mother Superior at the Monastery and Convent of St. James in Qara, Syria. Much of the population in the towns and villages around the monastery have fled and been made refugees. Sheleft …

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Catholic figure warns of Islamic extremists in Syria

KRISTIN STREFF/Lincoln Journal Star

Mother Agnes-Mariam of the Cross, Mother Superior of the Monastery of St. James the Mutilated, a Melkite Greek Catholic monastery in central Syria, spoke about the importance of bringing peace to Syria and surrounding nations  Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, during a news conference in downtown Lincoln. Nov 18, 2013, Journal …

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Religious leader speaks about US media’s misrepresentation of country’s issues

Nov 18, 2013, The Daily Nebraskan Mainstream media has depicted the crisis in Syria as a black and white cinema. At a talk in downtown Lincoln Monday morning, Mother Agnes-Mariam of the Cross said that isn’t the case. Mother Agnes is Mother Superior of the monastery of St. James the …

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Syrian religious leader talks peace and solidarity [VIDEO]

Nov 18, 2013, ABC 8 KLKN TV For months, headlines have swarmed around the crisis in Syria. Some are calling it a civil war, others say it’s an uprising. Mother Agnes Mariam is Mother Superior at a convent in Qara, Syria. To her, the crisis has been manipulated by foreign …

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