Tue 22 Jul 2014 – The Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Gregorios III (Laham) has urged Muslims and Christians to work hand in hand to rescue the Arab East…
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By Tim Stanley World Last updated: July 21st, 2014 For the first time in 1,600 years, Mass is not being said in Mosul: an ancient culture has been wiped out in a…
Sacred Mysteries: Russians who sought reunion with Rome felt the pinch, by Christopher Howse, 14 Jun 2014 Vladimir Putin hardly seems a pattern of holiness, but he has aligned himself with the…
Fr Robin Gibbons, July 14, 2014 My Patriarch, Gregorious III Laham, Greek Catholic Melkite Patriarch of Antioch (my own diocese) visited London this last weekend. He gave a talk at the Centre…
The Patriarchs of Antioch (l-r): Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Younan of the Syriac Catholics, Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem of the Syriac Orthodox, Patriarch John X Yazigi of the Greek Orthodox, Patriarch…
“There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.” Echoing Patriarch Athenagoras’ remarks on the election of Pope Saint John Paul II, His Beatitude Gregorios III, Patriarch of Antioch and…
June 16-21 2014 “Strengthened by the Holy Spirit that sustains our weaknesses, we support each other … In order to be forever salt and leaven in this land of ours,” says Gregorios III.…
BBC – 16 June 2014 Divided between government and rebel halves for nearly two years, the historical Syrian city of Aleppo has suffered devastation on a massive scale. As the first Western…
Pope Francis in the Holy Land, 24-26 May 2014 Pope Francis’ visit to the Holy Land is a call to dialogue and encounter, a call to excel and transcend walls and borders, says…
On the eve of the beginning of the month of Ramadan this year, “a month of forgiveness, compassion, and generous giving,” His Beatitude Gregorios III, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East,…