Read online at Rome Reports here: Meet the Pope’s new personal secretary, Yoannis Lahzi Gaid Fr Yoannis has previously featured prominently in Papal Audiences, reading the translations of the Holy Father’s discourse and…
Updates
Damascus Old City: 60 children injured by shell-fire from criminal armed bands Palm Sunday, 13 April 2014 The Church of Damascus celebrated in joy and hope Jesus Christ’s victory, this Palm Sunday,…
The Blood of the Children Mixed with the Blood of Christ (Damascus, Syria) Holy Tuesday April 15, 2014 witnesses the blood of 55 children mingles with the Blood of Christ on…
By Peter Oborne, Maaloula 10:18PM BST, 15 Apr 2014 It has stood for centuries above the ancient settlement at Maaloula, one of a handful of villages in the mountains northeast of Damascus…
We have just received a report from the Maronite Archbishop Samir in Damascus of further tragedy. A shell fell in a school yard on Monday, leaving 55 children badly injured or dead. Our contacts…
Our Vice Chairman’s response to a recent interview given by Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev), Head of the Department for External Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, to the National Catholic Register’s Edward Pentin, has…
Dear Brothers and Sisters, We are now in Holy Week, despite the worrying situation that are currently experiencing in Iraq and the challenges facing our brothers and sisters in the Diaspora; however,…
Tuesday, April 1, 2014, by Father Ronald Roberson In an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera published March 5, Pope Francis was asked about the significance of the meeting he…
From L’Osservatore Romano, 24 March 2014 An opportunity to relaunch commitment to ecumenism and collaboration with the Holy See. It was in this spirit that a meeting between Pope Francis and the…
04/15/2014 Obama calls Putin over Ukraine; Orthodox Church warns against separatism Tension rises in the south-east of the former Soviet republic, while Moscow rejects accusations of interference. Metropolitan Atony of Boryspil and…