But Agreement Between Jihadists and Kurdish Militia May Bring Hope Vatican City, April 30, 2014 (Zenit.org) Attacks have intensified in recent days in the Syrian city of Aleppo due to military retaliation…
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Vatican City, April 29, 2014 (Zenit.org) The family members of Jesuit Father Paolo dall’Oglio, abducted in Syria, on July 29, 2013, have made an appeal to the global community. “We call on…
Fr Paolo dall’Oglio SJ lived as a Christian and worshipped among Muslims within the indigenous Syriac monastic tradition 26 April 2014, BBC Magazine A Dutch Catholic priest was shot dead in the…
Turkey’s Armenian Christians living near Syrian border are deeply fearful Stephen Starr, Sat, Apr 26, 2014, 01:00 In the hills overlooking the Mediterranean sea’s most easterly shoreline, a group of elderly men sit…
Pascha 20 April 2014, Damascus (issued 25 April 2014) The relics of St Thekla have disappeared After the liberation of Ma’alula from occupation by terrorist groups on Monday, 14 April 2014, Melkite Greek Catholic…
By Catholic News Service on Tuesday, 22 April 2014 Melkite Catholic Patriarch Gregoire III Laham and Orthodox Patriarch John X visit the ancient Christian town of Maaloula, Syria, on Easter Sunday (CNS)…
04/22/2014, by Fady Noun The patriarch visited the village of Ma’aloula after the army took it back from the Islamist al-Nusra Front. “”An apocalyptic spectacle presented itself,” he said. The West is…
Father Frans van der Lugt was a Jesuit priest who displayed courage, humanity and faith under siege in the Syrian city of Homs. Executed by a single masked gunman, he remained with the people…
Before giving his Urbi et Orbi blessing, the Pope prayed for peace in the world. “Help us to overcome the scourge of hunger, aggravated by conflicts and by the immense wastefulness for…
By Jordan Allott American Spectator Posted 2014-04-18 18:24 GMT Syrian Refugees in Lebanon (photo: Jordan Allott).I recently returned from the Middle East, where I captured stories for a film project about Christians…