We have just received a report from the Maronite Archbishop Samir in Damascus of further tragedy. A shell fell in a school yard on Monday, leaving 55 children badly injured or dead. Our contacts…
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Our Church in Damascus celebrated the evening of Palm Sunday liturgy. The arrival at port on the boat of the Church traveling in time to Lent, arriving at Holy Week, a haven…
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…
2014-04-09 (Reuters) — The head of Lebanon’s Maronite Christian Church suggested on Wednesday that Syrian refugees should be housed in camps inside Syria, reflecting growing frustration among Lebanese over the burden imposed…
Despite a call from the Second Vatican Council to recover their traditions, Eastern Catholics in the U.S. must ask for permission to ordain married men to the priesthood due to a 90-year-old…
As the Syrian civil war drags on, one issue that has been neglected is the status of the remaining Christians within the country. Media reports have generally focused on the concerns Christian…
Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) – Political leaders and all those who wish to remain faithful to the Lebanese nation must put “an end to the attrition in the Country, giving confidence in the…
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…
13 March 2014 by John E. Kozar Today, I was touched to receive the brief handwritten note pictured above. It comes from Maronite Archbishop Samir Nassar of Damascus. It reads: Dear Msgr.…
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Residence – Rabweh (Lebanon) 12/03/2014 The Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy of Syria held its spring session in the course of one day, 12 March 2014. Due…