Human Rights Watch revealed that Syrian rebel forces have committed war crimes including the killing of civilians and the targeting of churches, during their attack on the Christian village of Sadad in…
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Copts Need Full Rights Under Egyptian Law After ‘Centuries of Persecution,’ Says Egyptian Journalist
Dr. Abdel Halim Kandil, a prominent Egyptian journalist, expressed his rejection of a quota system for Copts and other religious minorities to ensure their representation in parliament that is being considered in…
Meeting of Pope Francis with the Eastern Catholic Patriarchs, Assembly of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Gregorios III: “Frank, constructive conversations for the good of our Churches.” Last Thursday 21…
At the Vatican, 21 November 2013 Most Holy Father 1. The Patriarchate of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church has its headquarters in Damascus, capital of Syria, the country that Your Holiness has…
Moscow, November 21, Interfax – Syrian settlement prospects will be an item on the agenda of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with Pope Francis in the Vatican on November 25. “The issue…
11:30AM EST 11/21/2013 Eric J. Lyman/RNS Eric J Lyman in Charisma News: Next week’s summit between Pope Francis and Russian President Vladmir Putin may be the most important meeting between a…
The worst Christian massacre–complete with mass graves, tortured-to-death women and children, and destroyed churches–recently took place in Syria, at the hands of the U.S.-supported jihadi “rebels”; and the U.S. government and its…
Vatican City, November 22, 2013 (Zenit.org) | Christians in Damascus are clinging to hope despite the rising death toll in the ongoing conflict in Syria. In an interview with Catholic charity Aid…
Denver, Colo., Nov 21, 2013 / 05:56 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Mother Agnes Mariam of the Cross, a Lebanese-born nun who has lived nearly 20 years in Syria, is travelling the U.S. advocating…
This report addresses the important question of the Eastern Catholic Patriarch’s direct and unmediated patriarchal jurisdiction for their faithful in the diaspora, regardless of the Latin Church whose primate is the Pope.…