The visit of Pope Benedict to Israel and the Mass offered in the Kidron Valley near the Mount of Olives has highlighted the decline in the number of Christians in the Middle East. Political and civil unrest throughout the region and oppression in certain countries has caused many Arab Christians to emigrate from the birthplace of Christianity. The result is that I will probably encounter more Arab Christians on a typical day here in Skokie than I would on a similar day in almost any nation in the Middle East. The New York Times reports on the situation.
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