Stephen Nehme KFIFAN, Lebanon, JUNE 10, 2010 thanks to Zenit.org Stephen Nehme (born Joseph), who will be beatified June 27 in Kfifan, Lebanon, was known for his constant awareness of…
Thanks to Zenit.org, here is a translation of the unofficial synthesis of the “instrumentum laboris” (working document) of the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops, which will…
Dear brothers and sisters! Today I wish to reflect on my apostolic journey to Cyprus, which in many aspects is in continuity with my preceding trips to the Holy Land and Malta.…
Fr John Salter, Chairman, writes in Chrysostom for Pascha 2010: Following the death of Patriarch Alexis II the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Patriarchal Church has elected Metropolitan Kyril of…
June 6th 2010 at Larnaca International Airport. * * * Mr President, Distinguished Authorities, Ladies and Gentlemen, The time has now come for me to leave you, after my brief but fruitful Apostolic…
Aboard the plane to Cyprus, Pope Benedict XVI gave this press conference on June 4th 2010. * * * Father Lombardi: Your Holiness, we would like to thank you for being with…
NICOSIA, Cyprus, JUNE 6, 2010 thanks to Zenit.org Saturday in Nicosia Benedict, XVI met with an important figure among Cypriot Muslims, Shaykh Nazim al-Qubrusi al-Haqqani, 89, spiritual leader of a Sufi movement,…
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, I am very pleased to make this visit to the Cathedral of Our Lady of Graces. I thank Archbishop Youssef Soueif for his kind words of…
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, At the midday hour it is the Church’s tradition to turn in prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary, joyfully recalling her ready acceptance of the Lord’s…
This is the Vatican translation of the homily Benedict XVI gave today in a Mass at the Eleftheria Sports Centre in Nicosia, in which he presented the “instrumentum laboris” (working document) for…