As quoted in Chinese Culture (Chinese Cultural Research Institute, 1996), p. 35
“The Christian presence in the East, even in Aleppo is thousands of years old, since the time of the Apostles; therefore, it is very important that it continues, because this also benefits the universal Church - not only the East.”
War and economic crisis in Aleppo cause Christians to flee https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2021-12/syria-war-christian-tobji-joseph.html (13 December 2021)
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