The opposition wants the political elimination of Assad, but it is internally divided. Assad insists that much of the opposition does not represent the Syrian people and that he will participate in…
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Egypt’s Christians, the Rule of Law, and Reconciliation
On Saturday 19 October, Greek-Catholic Melkite Patriarch of Antioch, Gregorios III, who is based in Damascus, Syria, and Beirut, Lebanon, preached at mass attended by the large community of supporters of Aid…
BBC News – Syria conflict: Christians ‘fleeing homes’
Bombs have been planted in the confessional box of one of the world’s oldest churches in a Syrian town hailed as the country’s last remaining centre of religious tolerance, Syria’s most senior…
The Syrian government has damaged one of the oldest churches in the world in a shelling attack that, residents say, was designed to deepen sectarian divisions. One of the oldest churches in…
ITALY – IRAQ Chaldean Patriarch : The martyrdom , charisma and gift of the Iraqi Church – Asia News
The hermeneutic of continuity: Litany of Syrian Saints And we should add St Thecla…
Palestine is the cradle of Christianity, but “the living aspect of Christianity in Palestine is disappearing,” warns Palestinian politician Hanan Ashrawi in Yasmine Perni’s recent film The Stones Cry Out (2013). Perni,…
Ancient monastery closed to visitors amid Sinai unrest, but Bedouin neighbors protect it – The Washington Post