The Pope and some of the Eastern Catholic Patriarchs and Major Archbishops at the Twelfth Episcopal Synod in Rome in October 2008 The Melkite Patriarchal Secretariat reports, 19 September 2009: On 18…
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His Beatitude Fouad Twal, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, will celebrate the Sung Mass at 5-30pm on the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Westminster Cathedral, 8th September 2009.…
The Syrian Catholic Church recently elected its new patriarch. The appointment is important not only because the Syrian Catholics have a significant presence in the Middle East and Asia and a thriving…
Turkey’s government has agreed to extend indefinitely permission for Christian worship at an historic church in Tarsus, the birthplace of St Paul, says the head of the country’s Roman Catholic bishops’ conference.…
The Vatican Information Service reports, 12 May 2009: At 8.45 a.m. today Benedict XVI arrived at Temple Mount in Jerusalem, known in Arabic as al-Haram al-Sharif (the Noble Sanctuary), the place where…
The Vatican Information Service reports: At 4.30 p.m. on 10 May 2009, Benedict XVI travelled by car to the area of Bethany beyond the Jordan, located 50 kilometres from Amman on the…
Address of His Beatitude Patriarch Gregorios III to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI in the Melkite Greek Catholic Cathedral of St. George in Amman on 9 May 2009 during Vespers, on the…
The Vatican Information Service reports, 9 May 2009: At 11.30 a.m. today, the Pope travelled to the King Hussein bin Talal Mosque in Amman, built by order of King Abdullah II in…
The Vatican Information Services reports, 8 May 2009: At 9.45 a.m. today, Benedict XVI travelled to the town of Madaba, 19 kilometres from Mount Nebo in Jordan. The site is famous for…
The Vatican Information Service reports, 8 May 2000: This morning, during his flight from Rome to the Jordanian capital city of Amman, Benedict XVI granted a brief interview to journalists accompanying him…