{"id":52863,"date":"2025-07-02T23:58:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T23:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=52863"},"modified":"2025-07-03T06:54:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T06:54:50","slug":"pope-leo-xiv-expresses-his-closeness-to-persecuted-christians-in-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/pope-leo-xiv-expresses-his-closeness-to-persecuted-christians-in-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0627\u0628\u0627 \u0644\u064a\u0648\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0627\u0628\u0639 \u0639\u0634\u0631 \u064a\u0639\u0628\u0631 \u0639\u0646 \u0642\u0631\u0628\u0647 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u064a\u062d\u064a\u064a\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0636\u0637\u0647\u062f\u064a\u0646 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0631\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0648\u0633\u0637"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims at the Wednesday general audience in St. Peter&#039;s Square, Wednesday, June 25, 2025 \/ Credit: Daniel Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez\/CNA ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 25, 2025 \/ 13:54 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV expressed his closeness to persecuted Christians during the Wednesday general audience on June 25, referring to the \u201cheinous terrorist attack\u201d on Sunday by the Islamic State against the Greek Orthodox community in Damascus, in which 25 faithful lost their lives while attending the Divine\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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Pope Leo XIV expressed his closeness to persecuted Christians during the Wednesday general audience on June 25, referring to the \u201cheinous terrorist attack\u201d on Sunday by the Islamic State against the Greek Orthodox community in Damascus, in which 25 faithful lost their lives while attending the Divine\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1064],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-52863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39229,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/infographic-the-pope-in-numbers\/","url_meta":{"origin":52863,"position":0},"title":"Infographic: The Pope in Numbers","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u0645\u0627\u064a\u0648 25, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"This article explores fascinating facts and figures about Popes, both past and present. 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