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‘Almost no sign’ of international response in Syria

February 16, 2023

A Catholic charity’s projects coordinator reporting from the scene of the devastating earthquakes has said that there is little, if any, evidence of aid getting through to Syria. Xavier Bisits, the head of Syria and Lebanon projects for Aid to the Church in need, who travelled to Aleppo within hours of the catastrophe, decried an

Pope Francis donates $170,000 to Catholic Church in Syria

October 28, 2021

Damascus, Syria, Oct 28, 2021 / 04:05 am Pope Francis has donated $170,000 to the Catholic Church in Syria for its charitable work with the poor. Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches, announced on Oct. 26 that each of the country’s 17 ecclesiastical circumscriptions would receive $10,000. He was speaking to

Conquest and consent

July 01, 2021

The Arab Conquests by Justin Marozzi Apollo, £18.99, 256 pages Between 634 and 750 AD, Arabs created an empire larger than those of Alexander the Great or Rome, stretching from the Pyrenees to the Himalayas. This global turning point is brilliantly narrated by Justin Marozzi in his latest book, with over 100 illustrations. A suitable

Pope Francis: Prayers for “martyred” Syria on 10th anniversary of civil war

March 15, 2021

March 15th is widely used as a date to mark the beginning of the war, which erupted in 2011 when demonstrations against the rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad began in cities across the country.

ACN UK: After forgotten war, coronavirus risks making Syrians a forgotten people

January 29, 2021

The West has forgotten the people of Syria because of the coronavirus, Sister Annie Demerjian told Catholic charity Aid to the Church in need.

The Village Church of Tel Hormiz: A story of Syrian Christianity in adversity

January 22, 2021

ISIS destroyed the village church of Tel Hormiz, one of the last homes of the Church of the East. Sam Sweeney Reports

Pressure builds on Biden and Johnson to stop ‘inhumane’ sanctions on Syria

January 21, 2021

In two letters, politicians, senior clergy and heads of aid organisations from around the world urged US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to end their economic sanctions on Syria. Citing an appeal at the end of December from the UN Special Rapporteur on Unilateral Coercieve Measures, Prof. Alena Douhan, they called

Iraqi Patriarch: Pope’s visit will bring “word of hope” to suffering nation

December 08, 2020

"It gives us great hope," the Chaldean Patriarch said, "to hear [Pope Francis's] speeches and his encouragement to remain in our land."