Ecumenical Centre – Geneva 15-17 January 2014 Church leaders and representatives from Syria, the Middle East Council of Churches, the World Council of Churches and the Holy See[1] gathered in Geneva from…
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Christa Case Bryant, December 22 – CS Monitor The pews at First Baptist Church of Bethlehem fill quickly as congregants stream in on a Sunday night, some with fancy purses, others with…
COMMUNIQUE – Here below is the Final Comunique for the 2014 Holy Land Coordination issued by the Bishops participating in the Holy Land Coordination meeting on January 11 to 16, 2014. Bishops…
Beirut (AsiaNews) – The abduction of twelve nuns from their convent in Maaloula (Syria) is a sign that “Arab civilisation is in crisis,” said on Monday Bishop Boulos Matar, the Maronite Archbishop…
Letter of His Beatitude Gregorios III Patriarch of Antioch and All the East of Alexandria and of Jerusalem For the Feast of the Nativity 2013 May divine grace and apostolic blessing rest…
Qamishli, in northeastern Syria, is a world of its own in this uprising. Inhabited by a mix of Kurds, Arabs, and Christian Syriacs [Assyrians], the city has the potential for severe ethnic…
King Abdullah II of Jordan yesterday received Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, Vatican Secretary for Relations with States, in a meeting aimed at “boosting” relations between Jordan and the Holy See. The meeting was…
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…
Arab unrest sparks vocation crisis for Eastern Catholic Churches
Good Wishes for Eid-ul-Adha To our Muslim Fellow-Citizens 15 October 2013 An Appeal for Arab Unity And Peace Preservation On the occasion of blessed Eid ul-Adha, I send my cordial…