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Pope Benedict XVI expressed his fear on Saturday to see the presence of Christians in the Middle East "disfiguring the face of the region" in statements before a joint prayer with several patriarchs of the Middle East churches. 19659002] The Middle East has become a land of people leaving their own country. And there is a risk that our brothers and sisters in the faith will be erased, disfiguring the face of the region, because the Middle East without Christians will not be the Middle East, "said the Pope, in the Bari region in Italy [19659003InthefirstfewyearsbeforetheecumenicalresponsetotheCatholicChurch'sleadershipwascalled"indifference"andwanedtheneedtogivethevoicetooneofthesecantons:"TheMiddleEastnowadayseightwhileothersseekpowerandwhiteness"
Francis recalled the legacy and "priceless treasures" of the Middle East. East, but understands that the region has been involved in recent years in "a thick layer of darkness."
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