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ENCYCLICAL LETTER DILEXIT NOS OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS ON THE HUMAN AND DIVINE LOVE OF THE HEART OF JESUS CHRIST
Jordan The Vatican’s first World Summit on Children’s Rights is a timely and noble initiative

By Munir Bayouk/ en.abouna.org: On February 3, 2025, the Vatican hosted the first World Summit on Children’s Rights gathering panelists advocating for children’s rights, including Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan. This initiative can be viewed as a timely and noble step designed to clearly shed light on the children’s rights at a time when such rights have been marginalized in various countries in the world under the pressure of wars, violence, economic instability and rampant ...more

Abouna Opinion
Churches in the Vatican, Jordan, and Jerusalem: "No for forcible displacement"

By Fr. Dr.Rif'at Bader : The gargantuan solidarity that the sisterly Arab, friendly, and foreign countries ...more

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“Silver Fish” Awards for the best films related to the Church
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FULL SPEACH: QUEEN RANIA in the Vatican
Pope sends top Vatican official to visit Catholics in Syria
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World
Francis Pope's complex clinical picture requires longer hospitalization

vaticannews.va: "The results of the medical tests carried out over the past few days and today have shown a polymicrobial infection of the respiratory tract, which ...more

Arab World
Syria Parish priest of Aleppo: Young Christians are the mission for a new Syria

Parish priest of Aleppo: Young Christians are the mission for a new Syria: In spite of the ‘difficulties’, there are also signs of ‘hope’ that are emerging ‘from the heart of our society’, starting with ‘young Christians’ ...more

Holy Land
Palestine EU representatives, Bethlehem University discuss vital role of int'l organizations in supporting education
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Churches in the Vatican, Jordan, and Jerusalem: "No for forcible displacement"

 Fr. Dr. Rif'at Bader

The Vatican’s first World Summit on Children’s Rights is a timely and noble initiative

 By Munir Bayouk/ en.abouna.org

Jordan… the dawn of Christianity

 Fr. Dr. Rif'at Bader

Bethlehem University “stands tall” amidst the Middle East turbulence

By Munir Bayouk/ en.abouna.org

Opinion: The “Jordan Dawn of Christianity exhibition” a manifestation of harmony and common living

By Munir Bayouk/ en.abouna.org