Cardinal Mar Bechara el-Rahi, the Maronite Patriarch of Lebanon, expressed concern about involving Christians in Syrian events, especially in the wake of the kidnapping of nuns from the St. Takla nunnery in…
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ARCHBISHOP BOULOS YAZIGI – Greek Orthodox ARCHBISHOP YOHANNA IBRAHIM – Syrian Orthodox FR MICHEL KAYGAL – Armenian Catholic FR MAHER MAHFOUZ – Greek Orthodox FR PAOLO DALL’OGLIO – Italian Jesuit THE TWELVE…
Syria, at this Christmas time, resembles very much, the crib: an opened crib, with no doors, cold, deprived and extremely poor.. The Child Jesus doesn’t lack companions in Syria… Thousands of children…
Vienna (Agenzia Fides) – Austria launches the campaign to candidate Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II for the Nobel Prize for Peace. This was announced by the head of the Egyptian community in…
“I demand the immediate release of the nuns, who have done no harm to anyone.” These were the words of a local Catholic leader in Syria following the abduction of nuns from…
Syrian refugees without shelter and under the snow. Temperatures below zero and 10 cm of snow. Extraordinary distribution of blankets and fuel coupons. Many camps are makeshift, made of wood and plastic…
According to video released by Al-Jazeera the women religious held in Yabrud were to be released on December 9. The Greek -Orthodox Patriarchate “concerned” about their condition. Ongoing intense fighting in the…
Update on an earlier post 10 December 2013 Coptic Orthodox Church UK Media and Communications Office His Grace Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom…
The Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church has strongly denounced police action against protestors in Kiev’s “Independence Square” after police stormed the area which has been occupied by protesters for over a week. “We are…
Christian Refugees from Syria Number Around 30 Thousand. Dimensions of the Maaloula Catastrophe Go Beyond the Displacement of Hundreds of Families The small number of Syrian Christian refugees cannot be compared to…