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Eight points to consider for the culture of peace
By Fr. Rif'at Bader
: The United Nations charters include the term "the culture of peace and non-violence". This culture...More
Mass to mark 5th anniversary of Pope Francis' election
Amman-en.abouna.org
: The Catholic Center for Studies and Media in Jordan has the honor to invite you to attend the Mass to be celebrated by the Apostolic Nunciature in Jordan to mark the 5th anniversary of the election of His Holiness Pope Francis. The Mass will be celebrated on Wednesday, April 25, at 6:30pm at Our Lady of Nazareth Church, 6th Circle, Sweifieh, Amman...More
Qatar: Card. Raï, meets emir and lays foundation stone of Saint Charbel Church
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: The cardinal concluded the four-day visit to Doha. He officially started the construction of the first Maronite church in the country. Al-Thani emphasizes the importance of "coexistence" between different faiths. A volume for the national library of Qatar on the roots of Christianity. The appeal to expatriate fellow citizens: Do not be afraid to...More
Syria: Reconstruction continues in Nineveh Plain, Christian families return home
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: Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) continues to help in the reconstruction in the Nineveh Plain – its “Marshall Plan” to support the Christians of Iraq. Less than a year after the opening of the first sites in the villages of Bartella, Karamless, and Qaraqosh, May 8, 2017, the results achieved are encouraging. On March 25, the returnee families...More
“I was the butler of three Popes, let me tell you about Wojtyla’s miracle ˮ
By Andrea Tornielli/ lastampa.it
: The popes’ personal valet Angelo Gugel reveals how St. John Paul II’s intercession helped the birth of his fourth daughter. And he speaks of that exorcism in Saint Peter’s Square. Angelo Gugel, now on the threshold of his 83th birthday, begins to tell some episodes of his long life alongside three Popes. The discreet and extremely reserved “valet...More
Syria: Mass, statement issued in memory of abducted Aleppo bishops
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: A Mass was celebrated by Patriarch John X at the Church of the Holy Christ in Damascus on April 22 on the 5th anniversary of the kidnapping of Aleppo bishops, namely Bishop Youhanna Ibrahim and Bishop Paul Yazigi as well as for all the abducted people. The Mass was concelebrated by several bishops, priests and deacons as well as attended by a...More
Mass to mark 5th anniversary of Pope Francis' election
Qatar: Card. Raï, meets emir and lays foundation stone of Saint Charbel Church
Syria: Reconstruction continues in Nineveh Plain, Christian families return home
“I was the butler of three Popes, let me tell you about Wojtyla’s miracle ˮ
Syria: Mass, statement issued in memory of abducted Aleppo bishops

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The unexpected but necessary way of Christian victory
By Stephen Beale/ catholicexchange.com
The Pope, “War generates poverty, but poverty generates war”
By Salvatore Cernuzio/ lastampa.it
Will it finally be possible to build a church in Saudi Arabia?
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Sandra’s story, “Do not leave me alone in the battle against Satan”
By Andrea Tornielli/ lastampa.it
The Maronite Church: Stop the online “doctrinal brawls”
By Giacomo Galeazzi/ lastampa.it
Syria, the Pope's appeal, “Joint Action for Peace”
By Giacomo Galeazzi/ lastampa.it
Catholic sisters serve 'where no one else will dare go,' UISG leader says
By Joshua J. McElwee/ lastampa.it
Those “frontline nuns” up against war and human trafficking
By Luca Attanasio/ lastampa.it
The Pope, our “Schizophrenic” world shouts “freedom” yet is really a slave
By Cernuzio Salvatore/ lastampa.it
Easter exposes Arab Christians’ diminishing numbers
By Daoud Kuttab/ The Jordan Times

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Mexican bishops decry the murder of another priest and call for reconciliation

By James Blears/vaticannews.va
: The Mexican Bishops Conference have issue a statement of profound grief, also calling for a new and fresh culture of reconciliation and peace, following the shooting murder of Father Juan Miguel Contreras Garcia, who was killed while he was celebrating Mass with his congregation on the outskirts of Guadalajara, the State capital of Jalisco in Western Mexico. Father Juan Miguel Contreras Garcia was 33 years old. He`d been a priest for just two years. Two gunmen shot him dead as he was conducting the holiest of services in front of his Congregation. They then fled and escaped in a waiting car. Paramedics tried to save his life, but he`d suffered multiple gunshot wounds at point blank range. He`s the second Priest murdered in a week, and the fourth this year. Since 2012, 23 Priests have...
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Muslim World League, Vatican boost religious ties

Francis ordains 16 priests, “do not grow tired of being merciful”

Text of Pope Fancis' message for the 2018 World Day of Vocations

Pakistan: The first Christian chapel opens in an Islamic university

Pakistan: Archbishop appeals for prayers after another attack on Christians

“The Pope told me to do whatever possible and the impossible for Alfie”

Arab World

5th anniversary of abduction – We continue to pray

antiochian-orthodox.co.uk
: Saturday, April 21, commemorates five years since the tragic abduction by terrorists of their Eminences Metropolitan Paul and Archbishop John, both of Aleppo in Syria. The Church never ceases to pray for these honourable and courageous men who were on a peace mission when their car was attacked. We pray for forgiveness of their malefactors and for the bishops’ safe return to their families and the Church. Lord have mercy!
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Caritas Syria: Air strikes reopened wounds, but agency still able to help

Patriarch Rai lays foundation stone for Qatar's first Maronite church

Egypt to legalize 102 churches

Syria: Melkite archbishop appeals for peace

Saudi Arabia: King Salman meets Vatican official to confront violence and extremism

Peacemaking initiative of Christian leaders in response to Mideast situation

Holy Land

Jordan: New Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy on the threshold of a new start

: A ceremony marking the assumption of Bishop Joseph Jbara his duties as archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Petra and Philadelphia was held on Saturday April 21 at the Greek-Melkite Cathedral of St. George, Um Summaq, Amman, and attended by massive Christian and Muslim crowds. At the outset of the Mass marking his assumption of duties, Economos Fr. Boulos Haddad welcomed Bishop Joseph Jbara noting that that this is the threshold of a new start towards the future. Expressing optimism about the future, he says that this is attributed to the fact that this future is guided by God rather than by human whims. He continued: "We plead with Lord Jesus Christ to give you the potential and might to proceed in your mission. May God protect you and give you the power to attain a...
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Bethlehem: A new parish group of the Apostles of Divine Mercy

Meditation of Archbishop Pizzaballa: Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year B, April 22, 2018

The Holy Land: The American Wheelchair Mission presents 120 wheelchairs to medical sector

King honors Amman's Italian Hospital

The Assembly Catholic Ordinary of the Holy Land convenes, issues statement

Monsignor Khaled Akasheh to lecture on Inter-religious dialogue