Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – On the day of his oath as the new President of Egypt, former General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi paid tribute with demanding words with regards to the role carried…
Jun 8, 2014 “Let’s see if we can fill up the Blue Mosque first, before Hagia Sophia,” stated the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, giving a diplomatic answer to those who…
Candida Moss, 06.08.14 Meeting the head of the Eastern Orthodox church, the pope set a date for a third historic meeting of Christian factions—a savvy move to control how his successors lead.…
June 2014 Your All-Holiness, Your Beatitudes, Reverend Fathers, Your Graces, Fathers and Brothers, The content of this letter was written with much concern and anxiety over the future of the Orthodox faithful…
7 June 2014 – Naharnet Two Orthodox bishops kidnapped in Syria in April 2013 are currently in the northern city of Raqqa and held captive by the Islamic State of Iraq and…
Your presence, dear Presidents, is a great sign of brotherhood which you offer as children of Abraham. It is also a concrete expression of trust in God, the Lord of history, who…
June 06, 2014 A flood of Iraqi Christian refugees is straining the resources of the Chaldean Catholic Church in the autonomous region of Kurdistan. More than 12,000 Christian families from Baghdad, Mosul,…
Baghdad, June 06, 2014 (Zenit.org) With the migration of Christians from strife-ridden parts of the country to the north of Iraq the local Church there is facing major challenges. Chaldean Archbishop Bashar…
Beit Jala (Agenzia Fides) – The event is scheduled for this afternoon at 4.30p.m. in the Cremisan valley, the “green lung” of Bethlehem, which is on the planned route of the separation…
What’s going on in Syria and what’s the Church doing to help?