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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…

Ecclesia in Medio Oriente: Post-Synodal Exhortation

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…

“Blessed are the peacemakers” – from Patriarch Gregorios III of Antioch

                                                                         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,…