Middle East
Pope Francis: clergy in the Middle East should not be living in luxury
Some bishops and clergy in the region profess poverty but live like rich people, the Pope said
Everyone has a right to freely profess their faith, Pope Francis says
The Pope said the international community ‘cannot remain mute’ in the face of persecution
Mideast patriarchs call on Pope Francis to ‘scold’ world leaders over Christian exodus
Catholic and Orthodox patriarchs said only the ‘Rock of Peter’ could help
Clergy in Middle East must be the ‘last among the least’, says Pope
Francis urges priests and bishops to maintain ‘evangelical closeness’ to their flocks
Patriarch to consecrate the Middle East to the Immaculate Heart
The consecration by Cardinal Rai will take place at Fatima on Sunday
The Franciscans: a religious order for difficult times
The Church owes a significant debt to the order
Catholic leaders urge Israel to meet Palestinian hunger strikers’ demands
The prisoners are seeking an improvement in their prison conditions and an end to administrative detention
Catholic patriarchs in the Middle East affirm Christian presence
Easter messages condemned the continued violence but ‘we invite everyone to hope’ said Patriarch Gregoire III Laham
Christian charities working to bring 500 Syrian and Iraqi refugees to France
The French government and the charities have signed an accord calling for ‘an alternative to the death voyages in the Mediterranean’
Archbishop of Damascus releases Lent message on ‘this Syria of torments’
Archbishop Nassar described Syria as ‘a huge disaster zone’ of ‘ghost neighbourhoods and towns destroyed to the ground’