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Syriac patriarch: ‘Our martyrs are the torches of faith’
November 02, 2020
Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the massacre by Islamic militants at Our Lady of Deliverance Church in Baghdad, Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan reminded the faithful that “our martyrs are the torches of faith that illuminate our paths of life and ignite in us the fire of love toward everyone.” Two priests were
Cardinal likens fading Christian presence in Middle East to a sinking ship
September 21, 2020
Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai warned that the Christian presence in the Middle East is shrinking and Church leaders "are called to face the winds that blow in our homelands"
Beirut priest: ‘Everyone has a painful, heartbreaking story’
September 16, 2020
A personal visit from a priest can give strength to those whose lives have been turned upside down by the trauma and devastation of the Beirut port blasts.
‘We need a miracle,’ Lebanese nun says a month after Beirut blasts
September 08, 2020
"It really broke my heart, but I had to be strong," says Sr Marie Justine el Osta
Cardinal Parolin in Lebanon: ‘You are not alone’
September 04, 2020
Parolin's visit coincides with Pope Francis's call for a day of prayer and fasting for the country
Iraqi Christians face ‘extinction’, report warns
July 07, 2020
Without immediate action from the international community, Christians in northern Iraq could be endangered with extinction, warns a new report from the pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need
Syriac Catholic Church reestablishes diocese in northern Iraq
August 28, 2019
To support the faithful and encourage them to stay in their homeland, the Syriac Catholic Church has reestablished a diocese for the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan celebrated the new diocese at a Mass at Queen of Peace Syriac Catholic Church in Irbil, Iraq, on August 24. In his
When Islamic State came, the monks had just finished hiding the manuscripts
July 17, 2019
The first time a band of Islamic State militants “visited” the monks, they presented the monks with a kind of suggestion, in a nonthreatening manner: “Why don’t you become a Muslim?” Already, the four monks at the ancient Syriac Catholic Mar Behnam Monastery in Khidr, Iraq, had felt they were under siege. Ten days earlier,
Syriac Patriarch celebrates restored cathedral: ‘Our people have overcome’
September 11, 2018
The Syriac Catholic Patriarch rededicated the cathedral in Aleppo
Lebanese cardinal calls for more help for refugees
December 29, 2015
Tiny country has 1.5m Syrians on to of 500,000 Palestinians from previous conflicts
Lebanon’s ‘message of coexistence’ must be preserved, says nuncio
November 25, 2015
Forty-six people died in last week's suicide bombings
Syrian Catholic leaders call for diplomatic solution to ongoing conflict
November 02, 2015
Bishops also thanked God for release of Fr Jack Murad by ISIS earlier this month
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