Sunday Telegraph. 8 March 2014 Today, the first Sunday of Lent, will see churches crowded across the globe. But here in Syria, where St Paul found his faith, many churches stand empty,…
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February 25, 2014 By Theodore Shoebat A nine year old Christian girl in Jordan was captured by Muslims who brutally raped her for 19 days. She was from Iraq and lived in…
By Ayla Jean Yackley MIDYAT, Turkey Fri Feb 28, 2014 (Reuters) – When Louis Bandak fled the violence in Syria, he sought refuge in the country his grandfather was forced to abandon…
by Joseph Mahmoud Majid Al- Nasrawi met the Chaldean Patriarch and the new Bishop Habib Hormuz Al-Nofal. Governor promises land and work for those who return to the city. Mar Sako confirms…
The security office is so neatly tucked away into a small side street that it’s a little difficult to take it seriously as a threatening resistance operation. Inside, young guys are sitting…
In a pastoral letter His Beatitude recounts the first year at the helm of the Chaldeans , and presents guidelines for the future. He does not forget the difficulties, the exodus of…
MIDYAT, Turkey — Miydat’s Assyrian Orthodox community is still encumbered with festive cookies and candied nuts from their Christmas festivities. In every home, tables groan with remnants from the recent celebrations, which…
Bringing refugees from Syria to the West is not the answer to the crisis, said the leader of Catholics in the disaster-stricken country, insisting that more can be done to help displaced…
By Dr. Marta Wozniak, 2014-01-20 From left to right: Dr Lise Paulsen Galal (Roskilde University, Denmark), Torsten Moritz (Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe), Dr Fiona McCallum (University of St Andrews, Scotland), Dr…
Vatican City, January 14, 2014 (Zenit.org) | 251 hits The following is a statement released by participants of the workshop “Syria: Can We Remain Indifferent?”, a Jan. 13 meeting of political experts…