Interview With Orthodox Coptic Bishop Barnabas El Soryany By Serena Sartini ROME, JAN. 12, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Though forgiveness is the way to respond to the Jan. 1 attack on an Orthodox Coptic…
JERUSALEM, JAN. 11, 2011 (Zenit.org). Here is the address delivered Monday by Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal of Jerusalem to to the Orthodox community of Jerusalem at the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate. The meeting…
VATICAN CITY, JAN. 6, 2011 (Zenit.org).- The 1st January 2011 bombing at the Coptic Church of the Saints in Alexandria that claimed the lives of 21 people leaving the Liturgy is a “despicable act of…
Prot. 577 /2010D To: Western Heads of State Damascus, 20 December 2010 Your Majesty/Your Excellency, (Mister President) Please accept my respectful greetings, Your Majesty/ Your Excellency,…
After the Synod for the Middle East: Melkite initiatives Having participated in the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops held at the Vatican from 10-24 October…
KIRKUK, Iraq, DEC. 22, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Due to the ongoing violence against Iraqi Christians, Christmas Eve midnight Mass has been cancelled, and the Church has taken on an attitude of sobriety instead…
Speech of His Beatitude Patriarch Gregorios III at the First International Congress: Christian-Muslim Brotherhood Damascus, 15/12/2010 Dear brothers and sisters, Greetings to you all! I particularly want to thank Muslim brothers,…
Opening speech of the First International Congress in Syria: Muslim-Christian Brotherhood The Synod for the Middle East and Arab countries Umayyad Palace, Damascus 15/12/2010 “Blessed be the God ……
In a decree dated the 10th December 2010, Benedict XVI recognised the Heroic virtues of the following four people, now Servants of God: – Antonio Palladino, Italian diocesan priest and founder of…
STRASBOURG, France, DEC. 9, 2010 (Zenit.org). Next week a delegation of Iraqi bishops will address the European Parliament in Strasbourg about the situation of Christians in their country. “We want Europe and…