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Day of Prayer for Eastern Christians – 22 May
Please join us for the annual International Day of Prayer for Eastern Christians, on Sunday 22 May, when Eastern and Western Christians come together in …
Pope Francis receives Iraqi Church leaders
Published courtesy of Vatican News 28 February 2022 Meeting a delegation of Iraqi Church religious leaders on Monday, Pope Francis encourages the local Christian communities …
Impact of Taliban takeover
Iraqi Archbishop ‘concerned’ over local impact of Taliban’s Afghan takeover The Archbishop of Erbil expresses his concern over the return of the Taliban in Afghanistan, …
New Catholicos-Patriarch of Cilicia
Armenian Synod elects new Catholicos-Patriarch of Cilicia The Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church, meeting this week in Rome, has elected Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian …
Patriarch Raï: “Lebanese people are similar to a flock without a shepherd”.
The Patriarch entrusts the nation to St. Charbel Diman (Agenzia Fides). The Lebanese people, hungry and bent by the crisis, appear similar to a flock …
Lebanon church leaders plan ‘summit’ for recovery road map
13 JULY 2021, THE TABLET By Catherine Pepinster. Church leaders in Lebanon are planning to hold a summit with Muslim leaders about the future of …
Lebanon’s delicate religious balance at risk amid ongoing crisis
CRUX 08/07/2021 – ROME In addition to Lebanon’s political and financial woes, another major challenge the country faces, according to Cardinal Béchara Boutros Raï, is …
Pope’s prayer for Lebanon: May we sink our roots in the dream of peace
Vatican News 08/07/2021 At the end of a World Day of prayer and reflection for Lebanon, in which Lebanon’s Christian leaders joined Pope Francis in …
Lebanon’s Christian leaders around the Pope in prayer for the nation
Vatican News 01/07/2021 Christian leaders of Lebanon gathered around Pope Francis in the Vatican on Thursday for a Day of Prayer and Reflection for Lebanon. …
The future of Christianity in Lebanon and the wider region – 8 July 2021
Patriarch Bechara Boutros Raï, as head of the Maronite Church, offers a distinctly open and prophetic voice to the Lebanese people at a moment of profound religious and political upheaval across the Middle East.
Day of Prayer for Eastern Christians
by Father Robin Gibbons © Independent Catholic News – 9th May, 2021 Fr Robin Gibbons writes: At the beginning of St John Paul II’s Apostolic …
Iraq needs ‘secular’ government says cardinal Sako in FACE webinar
27 APRIL 2021, THE TABLET Christians in Iraq will only be able to live safely and securely if religion is separated from the state, the …
The future of Christianity in Iraq – 24 April 2021
His Beatitude Cardinal Sako faces the challenge of leading an Eastern Church in a highly charged and often changing situation, which has witnessed the mass exodus of Eastern Christians from their homelands.
Day of Prayer for Eastern Christians – 9th May 2021
What is the Day of Prayer for Eastern Christians? The Day of Prayer for Eastern Christians is an annual day of prayer which enables Eastern …
Future of Christianity in Iraq
Iraqi prelate says secular state is lone survival strategy for Middle East Christians ROME – Perhaps the most authoritative Catholic voice in Iraq has argued …
UN highlight decade of conflict in Syria
PUBLISHED COURTESY OF VATICAN NEWS. The United Nations release a report warning that no single Syrian family has been left unscathed in the decade long …
Chaldean Patriarch: It is wrong to expect Pope to solve Iraq’s problems
PUBLISHED COURTESY OF VATICAN NEWS. The Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Baghdad urges those writing on social media about Pope Francis’ visit to Iraq to be …
Cardinal Sandri invokes intercession of St Maron for Lebanon
PUBLISHED COURTESY OF VATICAN NEWS. The Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches asks for the intercession of St Maron for crisis-hit Lebanon. By …
Pope Francis’ programme for Apostolic Visit to Iraq announced.
PUBLISHED COURTESY OF VATICAN NEWS . The Holy See’s Press Office announces Pope Francis’ schedule for his upcoming Apostolic Visit to Iraq from March 5 – …
Pope Francis on Human Fraternity: We are all born of the same Father.
PUBLISHED COURTESY OF VATICAN NEWS . Pope Francis highlights the theme of fraternity in a video message for the first International Day of Human Fraternity celebrated on …
This is why His Holiness Pope Francis will go to Iraq
PUBLISHED COURTESY OF VATICAN NEWS Father Rif’at Bader, Director of The Catholic Center for Studies and Media (CCSM), provides historical and contextual background to Pope …
Bishop Yaldo: Pope’s visit to Iraq an immense joy for Christians
PUBLISHED COURTESY OF VATICAN NEWS If plans go ahead, Pope Francis will become the first pontiff to visit Iraq, when he visits the Muslim majority …
Cardinal Sako: the Pope comes to encourage Christians to remain in the Middle East
PUBLISHED COURTESY OF VATICAN NEWS Pope Francis will visit Iraq from 5 to 8 March 2021, his first Apostolic Journey since November 2019. Cardinal Louis …
Fr Jamal Khader: “We need to keep hope alive” in Palestine
It is easy to feel despair of the unjust situation for the Palestinians, who are experiencing daily humiliation, annexation of land, growing settlements, land grabbing …
Syrian refugees hit hard by COVID-19 economic downturn
PUBLISHED COURTESY OF VATICAN NEWS he United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) notes that the economic downturn has pushed hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in …