Zenit interview with Latin Catholic Archbishop Sleiman BAGHDAD, Iraq, NOV. 4, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Last Sunday’s terrorist attack on the Our Lady of Salvation Syrian Catholic Church, and a subsequent bombing on Tuesday,…
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Hostages Taken During Sunday Liturgy BAGHDAD, Iraq, OCT. 31, 2010 (Zenit.org).- A hostage situation in the Sayidat al-Najat Syrian Catholic cathedral of Baghdad today ended when Iraqi police stormed the church. At…
Final Report of the Synod of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church at the Patriarchal Summer Residence, Ain-Traz, 21-26 June 2010 The Synod of Bishops of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church was…
Pope Benedict Exhorts New Iraqi Ambassador to Protect the Rights of All and the Safety of Christians
Your Excellency, I am pleased to welcome you at the start of your mission and to accept the Letters accrediting you as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Iraq to…
ROME, JUNE 3, 2010 thanks to Zenit.org A holy man has died, a martyr of dialogue and peace, a personal friend of ZENIT’s editorial staff. It can only be hoped that his…
MOSUL, Iraq, MAY 3, 2010 thanks to Zenit.org Four people were killed and 171 were wounded Sunday when a bus convoy carrying Christian students to the University of Mosul was attacked. Chaldean…
DAMASCUS, Syria, MARCH 2, 2010, thanks to Zenit.org The Patriarch of of the Syrian Catholics of Antioch and of All the East is urging Arab leaders, the United Nations and the international…
Here is an excerpt of the address Pope Benedict XVI gave on 28 February 2010 at the Angelus in St. Peter’s Square. Dear brothers and sisters, I heard with deep sadness the tragic news of…
MOSUL, Iraq, FEB. 18, 2010 thanks to Zenit.org The Church’s youngest archbishop is asking for prayers as more and more of his faithful leave Mosul because of a violent intimidation campaign that…
From Moscow, December 16, Interfax The Moscow Patriarchate is grateful to Pope Benedict XVI for understanding problems between the two Churches and not pressing on with visiting Russia and meeting with the…