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30 May 2013 – GENEVA (CNS) — The Vatican has reiterated its call for negotiations to end the violence in Syria, saying that children are suffering the most. Read more...
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23 May 2013 – The Canadian Council of Churches urges Prime Minister Stephen Harper to take decisive action in response to the crises in the Middle East. Read more...
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21 May 2013 – JERUSALEM (CNS) — Growing extremism in Syria could jeopardize the safety of all Christians, said Syriac Catholic Bishop Gregory Melki of Jerusalem. Read more...
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21 May 2013 – BEIRUT (CNS) — The patriarch of the Chaldean Church in Baghdad denounced a recent series of car bombings and shootings in Iraqi cities that left at least 54 people dead and dozens more injured. Read more...
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17 May 2013 – Last time I was in Amman, Jordan, I met a lovely 12-year-old girl with a beautiful smile. Her father used to be a taxi driver in Baghdad — until a gang of criminals or jihadists or both threatened his life and his family if they didn’t leave Iraq immediately. Read more...
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16 May 2013 – UNITED NATIONS (CNS) — World leaders must step up to call for an end to the escalating violence in war-torn Syria to stop the killing of innocent people and halt human rights violations, said the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations. Read more...
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14 May 2013 – BEIRUT (CNS) — The Syriac Catholic patriarch said events in Syria were the result of Western nations carrying out a geopolitical strategy “to split Syria and other countries” in the Middle East. Read more...
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13 May 2013 – A Statement from the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem, concerning the Israeli police measures on Holy Saturday- May 2013. Read more...
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