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'Our people have overcome,' Syriac Catholic Patriarch says in Aleppo

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‘Our people have overcome,’ Syriac Catholic Patriarch says in Aleppo

July 29, 2019January 21, 2026

By Doreen Abi Raad | Catholic News ServiceBEIRUT — In war-torn Aleppo, Syria, the Syriac Catholic Patriarch proclaimed that "the will of life has overcome death; hope and security have overcome despair and chaos. Our people have overcome."Celebrating Mass Sept. 9 at the inauguration and rededication of the restored Our Lady of the Assumption Syriac…...