Final Report of the Synod of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church at the Patriarchal Summer Residence, Ain-Traz, 21-26 June 2010 The Synod of Bishops of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church was…
Tag: iraq
Pope Benedict Exhorts New Iraqi Ambassador to Protect the Rights of All and the Safety of Christians
Your Excellency, I am pleased to welcome you at the start of your mission and to accept the Letters accrediting you as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Iraq to…
MOSUL, Iraq, MAY 3, 2010 thanks to Zenit.org Four people were killed and 171 were wounded Sunday when a bus convoy carrying Christian students to the University of Mosul was attacked. Chaldean…
Appeal for Prayer and Forgiveness for the victims of violence and fanaticism in Iraq: Christians and Muslims together for the rejection of violence and fanaticism Violence, fanaticism, terrorism, enmity, dislocation, or rather…
DAMASCUS, Syria, MARCH 2, 2010, thanks to Zenit.org The Patriarch of of the Syrian Catholics of Antioch and of All the East is urging Arab leaders, the United Nations and the international…
Here is an excerpt of the address Pope Benedict XVI gave on 28 February 2010 at the Angelus in St. Peter’s Square. Dear brothers and sisters, I heard with deep sadness the tragic news of…
MOSUL, Iraq, FEB. 18, 2010 thanks to Zenit.org The Church’s youngest archbishop is asking for prayers as more and more of his faithful leave Mosul because of a violent intimidation campaign that…
Zenit.org carries here the Lineamenta, or Guidelines, now agreed for the Special Synod on the Catholic Churches in the Middle East, which will take place in October 2010. The theme will be…
Archbishop Nikola Eterovic Preparations continue for next October’s special synod on the Middle East. The working document is nearing completion and emphasizes communion within the Church. The pre-synodal council met in late…
Last week on December 4th, Cardinal John Foley, the cardinal protector of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, delivered an address at a conference at the Norwegian School of Theology in…