The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: brave peace The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the crucial conflict in the Middle East that has been feeding all rancour, revolution and extremism for more than sixty years! It is…
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Vatican City, 22 October 2010 Zenit.org. The deep wounds left by decades of Communism in Romania must be healed by recovering values and rebuilding the social fabric, Benedict XVI said Thursday on…
This is the Vatican translation of the “Message to the People of God” that the synod fathers of the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops approved on…
ROME, 21 October, 2010 (Zenit.org). For now at least, the work of the synod on the Middle East is focused on 41 proposals that, after further revisions, will be presented to Benedict…
Congenial Eastern Atmosphere The Melkite Patriarch of Damascus himself, Gregorios III Laham, bluntly admits that the synod was his idea. Speaking on Tuesday in the Aula of the Synod at the Vatican,…
Egyptian Prelate Cautions Against “Islamophobia” By Carmen Elena Villa, Vatican City, 20 October 2010, Zenit.org. On the list of 24 men who will be made cardinals next month, one is an Egyptian…
Interview With Maronite Archbishop of Cyprus on his role as Special Secretary at the Synod of Bishops’ Assembly on the Catholic Church in the Middle East By Gabriela Maria Mihlig, Rome, 20…
With thanks to Andrea Kirk Assaf of Zenit.org, in Rome on 19th October 2010. St. Peter’s square these days is a particularly international meeting point. Amidst the throngs of ever-present tourists drawn…
THE CENTRE FOR EASTERN AND ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY in conjunction with THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGIONS, SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES THORNHAUGH STREET RUSSELL SQUARE LONDON WC1H 0XG is delighted…
Interview With PISAI Professor Father Michel Saghbiny With thanks to Andrea Kirk Assaf of Zenit.org at Rome, 15 October 2010. The Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI) in Rome is…