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Deacon Johnny Al-Daoud celebrates his release from captivity in Syria on March 2, 2025, with family and friends.

Catholic deacon shares ordeal of spending decade of captivity in Syria prison

Apr 5, 2025

By Souheil Lawand

On March 2, without any notice, Johnny Fouad Dawoud, a deacon in the Syriac Catholic Church, was released from a... Read more

A shell in the street of Homs, Syria.

In war-torn Syria, Our Lady of Peace Cathedral needs help

Aug 11, 2016

By Andrea Gagliarducci

The war-torn Cathedral of Homs sits in the heart of western Syria. Read more

Ruins in Homs, Syria, as seen in April, 2014.

Jesuit laments car bomb attack in Syria, scorns media silence

Jan 28, 2015

By Oliver Maksan

“Most of them were students at the university, young people who had not left the city. So what sort of... Read more

Fr. Frans van der Lugt, S.J., who was murdered in Homs, April 7, 2014.

Priest murdered in Syria witnessed to Christ's love

Apr 7, 2014

A priest of the Society of Jesus who refused to leave his flock in the Syrian city of Homs was... Read more