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For Arab Christianity, new women saints give encouraging example
The Catholic Church’s celebration of the canonization of two new women saints from Palestine on Sunday helps recognize both women’s... Read more
A Christmas with tears – Pope Francis' words to Middle East
In a Christmas message to Christians of the Middle East, Pope Francis grieved the violence that has ravaged and displaced... Read more
Peace in Middle East can flourish again, Pope assures
In an audience with aid organizations assisting Oriental churches, Pope Francis explained that peace is a gift from God, which... Read more
Peace in Middle East can flourish again, Pope assures
In an audience with aid organizations assisting Oriental churches, Pope Francis explained that peace is a gift from God, which... Read more
'Who are we before the child Jesus?' Pope reflects in Bethlehem
In his homily delivered in Bethlehem this morning, Pope Francis meditated on the role of the Christ child in the... Read more
Pope to Palestinian leaders: have courage to 'forge peace'
Pope Francis began the second day of his Holy Land pilgrimage in a meeting with Palestinian authorities, urging them to... Read more
Eastern Patriarchs 'watchful guardians' of unity, Pope says
Pope Francis spoke with Patriarchs of various Oriental Churches during a four day gathering in Rome, stating that it is their... Read more
Pakistan bishop says attacks on Christians fueled by politics
Amid recent violence against Christians in Pakistan, a leading bishop says that the attacks are deeply rooted in the political... Read more
Senate bill would aid religious minorities in Middle East
Amid ongoing attacks against Coptic Christians in Egypt, a U.S. Senator has introduced legislation aimed at protecting the rights of... Read more
Church in northern Arabia longs for 'place to worship'
As he oversees the missionary territory of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain, apostolic vicar Camillo Ballin outlined Catholics' need... Read more
Coptic Pope stresses urgency of Christian unity at Vatican
The Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt met with Pope Francis at the Vatican and spoke about the... Read more
Lebanese president discusses Syria refugees with Pope
Pope Francis and Lebanese president Michel Sleiman met to discuss the Syrian fighting and the influx of refugees it has... Read more
Pope responds to bishops' kidnapping with 'intense prayer'
Pope Francis is responding to the kidnapping of two Orthodox bishops in Syria with “intense prayer” for their health and... Read more
Syrian patriarch asks Vatican to increase peace efforts
The most powerful Catholic leader in Syria met Pope Francis today to ask the Vatican to get more involved in... Read more
Egypt's Christians call for peace after attack on Orthodox cathedral
Christian leaders in Egypt appealed for calm after a mob attacked St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo on Sunday... Read more
Youths who wrote Good Friday meditations ask for peace
A leader of the Lebanese youth groups that wrote the meditations for today’s Via Crucis at the Coliseum said they... Read more
Good Friday stations pray for Christian unity in Middle East
A Syrian Christian who fled the fighting in his country believes that the Good Friday Stations of the Cross at... Read more
Protest highlights treatment of Coptic Christians in Libya
Christians gathered in front of the Libyan Embassy in Washington, D.C., on March 14 to peacefully protest the recent detainment... Read more
Patriarch urges protection for Iraq's fleeing Christians
Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako, head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, says greater security is needed for Christians in Iraq... Read more
Syrian bishop hopes new patriarch's experience will save lives
A Syrian bishop is happy with the election of Archbishop Louis R. Sako as Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church... Read more
