Fares Melki's first introduction to his great-uncle was when he asked his grandfather about the picture framed above his grandfather's bed. That was around 60 years ago, when Melki was 10. "It's my brother, Padre Leonard. ...
Amid suffering and despair, further darkened by the coronavirus pandemic, Catholic patriarchs of the Middle East urged their faithful at Christmastime to hold on to hope. And in Iraq, Christmas was celebrated as a national holiday ...
Toddlers could hardly contain their excitement as they danced in the church aisles to the Holy Missionary Choir's Christmas songs during a celebration that was a bright star of hope for Iraqi Syriac Catholic refugee ...
Marking the anniversary of Lebanon's massive popular uprising against the corrupt political class, Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai encouraged the country's young people to continue their protest movement. More than a million Lebanese of all religions, sounding ...
Bringing a message of hope to Lebanon, a month after a double blast struck Beirut, Pope Francis' closest collaborator assured the Lebanese: "You are not alone. The whole world supports you." Cardinal Pietro Parolin's Sept. ...
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. The report, "Life after ISIS: New ...
