Cairo, February 19, 2014 (Zenit.org) | By Oliver Maksan, Aid to the Church in Need The year 2013 was not a good year for Egypt’s Christians. The wave of violence that engulfed…
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Congratulations to our President, Archbishop Vincent of Westminster, Cardinal Nichols, who has been named by the Holy Father Pope Francis as a member of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches. This is wonderful…
Hospital inside the St. Mikhailivskiy Cathedral |PR News An historic church in Kiev was used as a temporary hospital to treat people injured in Ukraine’s violent clashes, activists said Wednesday. The landmark St.…
In connection with the bloody clashes in Kiev, Metropolitan Anthony of Boryspil and Brovary, Administrative Director of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, has urged the disputants to stop immediately. “From the beginning of…
A Christian Syrian family living in Alexandria, Egypt, was barbarically stabbed to death Monday in their home in the al-Ibrahimya neighborhood, Arabic media are reporting. The family consisted of a father, 44,…
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – The problems and conflicts between Israelis and Palestinians will end only when we recognize the crucial role of religion in the peace process, because “we cannot indeed claim…
Geneva (Agenzia Fides) – Sheikh Mohammad Abdel- Hady al- Yaaqubi, Islamic scholar and member of the Syrian opposition present at the Geneva 2 talks, called upon “all Islamic militants to immediately release…
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – This afternoon, Tuesday, February 18, the leaders and many senior members of the prominent Christian denominations in Egypt – including Coptic Catholic Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak – will…
The president of the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC ) has been awarded the Mar Osthathios Puraskaram Award. Presented by His Beatitude Baselios Mar Thomas Poulose II, primate of the Indian…
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – “The Church towards a better future”. This is the title of the Synod of Bishops of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo to be held from February 17…