Vatican City, 21 July 2014 (VIS) – Yesterday Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, celebrated Mass in the Maronite Cathedral of Our Lady of Lebanon in Los…
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Sunday, June 29, 2014 Patriarchate of Jerusalem Reacts, Escalating Tensions with Local Believers Reacting to their letter demanding better spiritual care, the Patriarchate of Jerusalem decided on the evening of June 23…
By Daniella Cheslow http://www.pri.org, 2014-06-30 When Pope Francis visited the Holy Land late May, one member of his entourage stood out: Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai, the Patriarch of Maronite Christians. Lebanese citizens are…
To His Holiness and Beatitude Pope Francis of Senior Rome: rejoice in the Lord. Once more, the joyous day is dawning for the venerable feast and sacred remembrance of the chief Apostles…
2014-06-29 Homily of H.B. Patriarch John X In the Holy Liturgy celebrated at Balamand on June 29th 2014 on the Feast of the Antiochian See “O Antioch lift up your eyes and…
Vatican City, 26 June 2014 (VIS) – The Pope embraces all the Churches of the East and is close to their faithful, whose tears, fears and hopes are also ours, a sentiment…
Thursday, June 19th, 2014 | Posted by WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt faces what could be an insurgency abduction campaign in the Sinai Peninsula. Security sources said Al Qaida-aligned insurgency militias have been kidnapping Christians…
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.…
16 June, 2014. CAIRO — Masked armed men, suspected to be Islamic militants, kidnapped two Coptic Christians in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula in two separate incidents, and clashes between Egyptian security forces and…
ROME — While Pope Francis tries to strike a delicate balance Sunday on the Israeli/Palestinian front, recent elections in two other Middle Eastern nations have brought reminders not only of how intractable…