Pope Benedict XVI has appointed six members for the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East,…
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Zenit.org carries here the Lineamenta, or Guidelines, now agreed for the Special Synod on the Catholic Churches in the Middle…
The Syrian Catholic Church recently elected its new patriarch. The appointment is important not only because the Syrian Catholics have…
From the Rorate Caeli blog (where more pictures are available): “His Beatitude Mar Ignatius Joseph III, Syrian Catholic Patriarch of…
The Vatican Information Service reports, 14 May 2009: Today the Pope travelled by helicopter to Nazareth, town of the Annunciation…