“Come, come to the Holy Land, come to the Jordan River, visit this holy place, visit this church, and be blessed by the waters of the Jordan River.”
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“My heart was beating so fast when I saw that God had put the Holy Father right in front of me,” Melvine Khoury, a Maronite Catholic, told OSV News.
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Lebanese Catholics yearn for the upcoming visit of Pope Leo XIV to achieve something lost in recent years. Signs bearing the pontiff’s photo along newly rebuilt roadways express their longing: …
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Some 90% of aid being distributed through Damascus is not reaching Sweida, where Druze and Christian communities live, religious freedom advocates say.
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“He chose Lebanon as his first country to make an apostolic visit. He’s coming to Lebanon on a pastoral visit to see his people,” Father Jean Younes said.
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Considered one of the largest non-nuclear blasts history, the explosion was set off by 2,750 tons of improperly stored ammonium nitrate in the port’s silos.
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“We are not minorities, we are part of Syria and have lived here for hundreds of years. We are the people of this land,” said Father Toni Butros.
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As alarming sectarian violence swept through Syria in the third week of July, Christian communities in the region experienced a new wave of persecution. Attacks on the country’s Christian, Druze …
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AMMAN, Jordan (OSV News) — Fears mount for Syrian Christians about whether the new Islamist government is committed to their protection following the recent deadly church suicide bombing in Damascus. …
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The first funeral services for the victims of a jihadi suicide bombing inside a Damascus church were held, as Syrian Christians have been left deeply traumatized by the horrific massacre …
