Mareil Marly (Agenzia Fides) – Among the various organizations working in favor of the battered Syrian people, there is the support of the Pontifical Aid to the Church in Need, actively involved in…
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Aid to the Church in Need Archbishop John Darwish. Syrian-born Archbishop John Darwish heads the Melkite Archdiocese of Furzol, Zahle and Bekaa in Lebanon. With a population of 200,000 Christians, Zahle…
“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…
Melkite Patriarch Gregorios, Fr Deacon Richard Downer (Melkite Greek Catholic Church), Fr Dominic Robinson SJ A&B News Blog: Catholic Deacon Helps to Bring Voice of Syrian Christians to UK
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…
MPs raised concerns over the increasing persecution of Christians in the Middle East in a debate held in Westminster Hall this week. “Extreme suffering” Conservative MP Fiona Bruce, who led the debate,…
Hopes are high, ahead of the meeting of the Catholic patriarchs of the Middle East with the Pope. Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako, the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, which is…
ACN UK writes: Ayman Labib was just 17 when he was martyred for his faith. He had refused to cover a cross tattooed on his arm – which Coptic Christians in Egypt…
In the weeks and months following the wave of violence in Egypt that saw the destruction of scores of churches, Christian communities in the country continue to face persecution and the threat…