DAMASCUS (AP) — Syrian rebels including members of al-Qaida-linked Jabhat al-Nusra entered a predominantly Christian village near Damascus on Saturday and are fighting government forces in the old part of the town,…
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“We are not resigned to imagine a Middle East without Christians,” Pope Francis told Gregorios III Laham, Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites. On the feast day of Saint Andrew, a thought…
By Giuseppe Nardi in Katholisches.info, translated by “Tancred Vekron99”, with grateful acknowledgement (Damascus) Islamist rebels have launched an offensive north of Damascus to Deir Atieh. In the city with a population…
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – Christian and non-Christian villages, in the north of Damascus, are targeted by foreign jihadist armed groups, bringing only death and destruction. This is what was stated by Fr.…
When Arabs started pouring on to the streets to challenge dynastic despots almost three years ago, a wave of euphoria swept over their world as its citizens dared to dream they were…
Read Rome Reports article here: Vatican launches team effort to help young Syrian refugees
Asia News – By the end of December, at least 3 million Syrians will have found refuge in neighbouring countries. For the Catholic Near East Welfare Association, the situation is likely to…
From the American Conservative journalist, Raymond Ibrahim, author of Crucified Again: Islam’s New War on Christians. The ‘Muslim’ Jesus Demands Sharia Law and Jizya tribute
Melkite Patriarch Gregorios, Fr Deacon Richard Downer (Melkite Greek Catholic Church), Fr Dominic Robinson SJ A&B News Blog: Catholic Deacon Helps to Bring Voice of Syrian Christians to UK
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – Militants of Islamist factions have invaded the town of Deir Atieh, north of Damascus, spreading terror, death and destruction. As Fides sources in the Greek Orthodox Church report,…