BEIRUT — Maronite Cardinal Beshara Rai said Tuesday efforts by his Church to win the release of a group of nuns kidnapped from the historic Syrian town of Maaloula have hit a…
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by Nirmala Carvalho The Major Archbishop of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara rite is the new president of the Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI). His Beatitude explains his “work program” for the Church…
Prompted by the Moscow Patriarchate, Russia’s Culture Ministry wants to develop a tourist cluster near the New Jerusalem Monastery in Istra. For Patriarch Kirill, the new hub will, among other things, draw…
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) – A year after the kidnapping of the Armenian Catholic priest Mikael Kayal and the Syro-Orthodox priest Maher Mahfouz, which took place on February 9, 2013 on the road…
According to a local bishop, numerous conversions of Muslims to Christianity occur every year in Lebanon, but the true number is unknown because of the risk of social stigma and persecution. “Most…
by Joseph Mahmoud Majid Al- Nasrawi met the Chaldean Patriarch and the new Bishop Habib Hormuz Al-Nofal. Governor promises land and work for those who return to the city. Mar Sako confirms…
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II received the representatives of the Delegation of the European Union present in Egypt on Tuesday evening, February 11th. The meeting with the Patriarch,…
AINA News The U.S. House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations held a hearing today on “The Worldwide Persecution of Christians.” The hearing was chaired by…
Saturday, February 08, 2014 By Hasan Ay The Turkish government has returned 42 acres of land in Istanbul’s Zeytinburnu district to the Armenian community, some 40 years after it was seized. The…
Please note that the lecture Wednesday 12th February is cancelled, owing to floods and suspended transport. The next lecture will be: Language, identity and inculturation in the Ukrainian Catholic Church – Wednesday,…