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Vatican City, 17 September 2012 (VIS) – Yesterday evening the Holy Father met with Orthodox Patriarchs, representatives of Protestant communities and Catholic Patriarchs of Lebanon. The encounter took place at the Syrian…
Vatican City, 16 September 2012 (VIS) – At midday yesterday, before having lunch with patriarchs and bishops of Lebanon, and the members of the Special Council for the Middle East of the…
From the Vatican website, here is the text of the Post-Synodal Exhortation of Pope Benedict XVI, following the October 2010 Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops, on…
To H.H. Pope Benedict XVI in the Church of St Paul, Harissa, Lebanon, during the signing ceremony of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation following the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the…
The Revd Dr Allen Brent, a priest of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, has a distinguished academic career in both Britain and Australia as a scholar of Early Christianity and…
Damascus, 3 August 2012 “Blessed are the peacemakers” With these words Our Lord exalts peace-makers, saying that “they shall be called children of God.” (Matthew 5: 9). Through these same Gospel words,…
Christians and Muslims are fasting and praying together To our brother bishops, members of our Holy Synod in the Middle East and throughout the whole world! To our sons and daughters: priests,…
His Beatitude Patriarch Gregorios III (Laham), Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch and leader of the Catholic Church in Syria, has imparted these reflections and observations as a vademecum to throw light on the…