Father Frans van der Lugt was a Jesuit priest who displayed courage, humanity and faith under siege in the Syrian city of Homs. Executed by a single masked gunman, he remained with the people…
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FAMAGUSTA, CYPRUS – APRIL 18: A Cypriot Christian Orthodox preist (L) and a Cypriot- Turkish Muslim relgious leader walk during a Good Friday procession, at the Ayios Georgios Exorinos Church in the…
By Jordan Allott American Spectator Posted 2014-04-18 18:24 GMT Syrian Refugees in Lebanon (photo: Jordan Allott).I recently returned from the Middle East, where I captured stories for a film project about Christians…
By Ron Prosor, Wall Street Journal Posted 2014-04-18 This week, as Jews celebrate the Passover holiday, they are commemorating the Bible’s Exodus story describing a series of plagues inflicted on ancient Egypt…
By Perry Chiaramonte, Fox News Posted 2014-04-18 Young Christian women are facing a greater risk of being kidnapped by extremists, tortured, and even forced to convert to Islam since the Arab Spring…
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…
Maalula (Agenzia Fides) – After the reconquest of the Christian village of Maalula – 55 km northeast of Damascus – by the Syrian government army, the images and descriptions released by government…
Paschal Letter 2014 20 April 2014 Of His Beatitude Gregorios III Patriarch of Antioch and All the East Of Alexandria and of Jerusalem I You too have a resurrection …
By Dorian Jones, AINA 2014-04-10 ISTANBUL (VOA) — Syrian rebels recently overran Kassab, a town near the Turkish border inhabited by ethnic Armenians. That action has drawn attention to Turkey’s relationship with…