Speech of H. B. Patriarch Gregorios III During the Synod of Bishops: Special Assembly for the Middle East Rome 10-24 October 2010 Ecclesiology and Ecumenism The Code of Canons of…
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We ought to have a pope The Melkite Greek Catholic Church took the bold step of resuming full ecclesial communion with Rome, three hundred years ago. It was a difficult decision, which…
Speech of H.B. Patriarch Gregorios III during the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops, Rome, 10-24 October 2010 Presence and Witness In most of our…
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: brave peace The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the crucial conflict in the Middle East that has been feeding all rancour, revolution and extremism for more than sixty years! It is…
Interview with Jesuit Father Samir Khalil, by Robert Cheaib of Zenit Vatican City, 21 October, 2010 (Zenit.org). The role of the civic state in stressing values such as citizenship is key in…
This is the Vatican translation of the “Message to the People of God” that the synod fathers of the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops approved on…
ROME, 21 October, 2010 (Zenit.org). For now at least, the work of the synod on the Middle East is focused on 41 proposals that, after further revisions, will be presented to Benedict…
Congenial Eastern Atmosphere The Melkite Patriarch of Damascus himself, Gregorios III Laham, bluntly admits that the synod was his idea. Speaking on Tuesday in the Aula of the Synod at the Vatican,…
Interview With Maronite Archbishop of Cyprus on his role as Special Secretary at the Synod of Bishops’ Assembly on the Catholic Church in the Middle East By Gabriela Maria Mihlig, Rome, 20…
With thanks to Mariaelena Finessi of Zenit.org, at Rome, 19 October 2010 When Benedict XVI made his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in May 2009, Jordan was his first stop. But many…