Apr-9-2014, By Judith Sudilovsky – Catholic News Service JERSULALEM (CNS) — A Catholic convent near Jerusalem and a largely Maronite village in Galilee were damaged in recent weeks as a two-year wave of…
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Posted 2014-04-01 An ornate mosaic floor from a Byzantine monastery has been found in Israel’s northern Negev desert. Colourful birds, leaves and floral motifs adorn the Byzantine mosaic and inscriptions in both…
Pilgrimage of His Holiness Pope Francis in the Holy Land on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the meeting in Jerusalem between Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras. (May 24 –…
In the March-April 2014 issue of the two-monthly Italian magazine Terrasanta, Manuela Borraccino interviews Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect, in the Vatican, of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches. An Argentinean with Italian…
Nazareth (Agenzia Fides ) – “It is my greatest desire that the Feast of the Annunciation is proclaimed a civic official holiday for all Nazareth”. This is what the new mayor of…
Israeli Christian Lobby Posted 2014-03-20 On March 17th, a coalition, representing a large array of different Israeli Christian Sects, sent a letter to the Head of the EU Delegation to Israel, Mr.…
By Ray Hanania Amine Gemayel, the former president of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988 and the leader of Lebanon’s Kataeb party, warned this week the Arab world is experiencing a “crisis of…
His Holiness Bartholomew, Patriarch of Constantinople, Explains to ZENIT the Historic Importance of His Upcoming Meeting with Pope Francis in Jerusalem Istanbul, March 13, 2014 (Zenit.org) Mattia Sorbi One of the most…
The delegation of the Antiochian Patriarchate has participated in the Synaxis of the Primates of the Orthodox Churches and its preparatory meetings held at the Headquarters of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople…
Cardinal Sandri Sends Letter to Bishops on Good Friday Collection | ZENIT – The World Seen From Rome
Vatican City, March 07, 2014 (Zenit.org) Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, has addressed a letter to all bishops worldwide in view of the collection for the…