Home

  • strict warning: Non-static method view::load() should not be called statically in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/views.module on line 1113.
  • strict warning: Declaration of views_handler_field::query() should be compatible with views_handler::query($group_by = false) in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_field.inc on line 0.
  • strict warning: Declaration of content_handler_field::element_type() should be compatible with views_handler_field::element_type($none_supported = false, $default_empty = false, $inline = false) in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/cck/includes/views/handlers/content_handler_field.inc on line 0.
  • strict warning: Declaration of date_handler_field_multiple::pre_render() should be compatible with content_handler_field_multiple::pre_render($values) in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/date/date/date_handler_field_multiple.inc on line 0.
  • strict warning: Declaration of views_handler_sort::options_validate() should be compatible with views_handler::options_validate($form, &$form_state) in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_sort.inc on line 0.
  • strict warning: Declaration of views_handler_sort::options_submit() should be compatible with views_handler::options_submit($form, &$form_state) in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_sort.inc on line 0.
  • strict warning: Declaration of views_handler_sort::query() should be compatible with views_handler::query($group_by = false) in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_sort.inc on line 0.
  • strict warning: Declaration of views_handler_filter::options_validate() should be compatible with views_handler::options_validate($form, &$form_state) in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_filter.inc on line 0.
  • strict warning: Declaration of views_handler_filter::query() should be compatible with views_handler::query($group_by = false) in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_filter.inc on line 0.
  • strict warning: Declaration of views_plugin_query::options_submit() should be compatible with views_plugin::options_submit($form, &$form_state) in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/plugins/views_plugin_query.inc on line 0.
  • strict warning: Declaration of views_plugin_row::options_validate() should be compatible with views_plugin::options_validate(&$form, &$form_state) in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/plugins/views_plugin_row.inc on line 0.
  • strict warning: Non-static method view::load() should not be called statically in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/views.module on line 1113.
  • strict warning: Declaration of views_handler_argument::options_validate() should be compatible with views_handler::options_validate($form, &$form_state) in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_argument.inc on line 0.
  • strict warning: Declaration of views_handler_argument::query() should be compatible with views_handler::query($group_by = false) in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_argument.inc on line 0.
  • strict warning: Declaration of views_plugin_style_default::options() should be compatible with views_object::options() in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/plugins/views_plugin_style_default.inc on line 0.
  • strict warning: Non-static method view::load() should not be called statically in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/views.module on line 1113.
  • strict warning: Non-static method view::load() should not be called statically in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/views.module on line 1113.
  • strict warning: Non-static method view::load() should not be called statically in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/views.module on line 1113.
  • strict warning: Declaration of views_handler_field_user::init() should be compatible with views_handler_field::init(&$view, $options) in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/modules/user/views_handler_field_user.inc on line 0.
  • strict warning: Non-static method view::load() should not be called statically in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/views.module on line 1113.
  • strict warning: Non-static method view::load() should not be called statically in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/views.module on line 1113.
  • strict warning: Non-static method view::load() should not be called statically in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/views.module on line 1113.
  • strict warning: Non-static method view::load() should not be called statically in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/views.module on line 1113.
  • strict warning: Declaration of views_handler_area::query() should be compatible with views_handler::query($group_by = false) in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_area.inc on line 0.
  • strict warning: Declaration of views_handler_area_text::options_submit() should be compatible with views_handler::options_submit($form, &$form_state) in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_area_text.inc on line 0.
  • strict warning: Non-static method view::load() should not be called statically in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/views.module on line 1113.
  • strict warning: Non-static method view::load() should not be called statically in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/views.module on line 1113.
  • strict warning: Non-static method view::load() should not be called statically in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/views.module on line 1113.
  • strict warning: Non-static method view::load() should not be called statically in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/views/views.module on line 1113.
  • strict warning: Only variables should be passed by reference in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/captcha/captcha.inc on line 61.
  • strict warning: Only variables should be passed by reference in /home/abounaor/public_html/english/sites/all/modules/captcha/captcha.inc on line 61.

Our Word

Beirut: CCSM takes part in conference on Christian-Islamic dialogue
Beirut/ en.abouna.org
: The Catholic Center for Studies and Media (CCSM) in Jordan, represented by its director Fr. Dr. Rif...More

Latin Patriarchate

Meditation of Archbishop Pizzaballa: "Lord Jesus affirms that riches are frivolous"
By Most Rev. Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa
"Towards a Cohesive Society" initiative launched in Amman
Amman-en.abouna.org
: An initiative was launched on Thursday, September 19, by youth in Amman titled, "Towards a Cohesive Society". The initiative, launched with the participation of 16 youths from different parts of the Kingdom, is one of the initiatives of the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, which is...More
Money generated from auction of Pope's car allocated to Haiti
zenit.org
: The Holy Father Francis has met with the president of Lamborghini and the Directors of the OMAZE Foundation, which organized the charity auction of the “Lamborghini Hurricane” car, made available by the maker and signed by Pope Francis on November 15, 2017. The winner of the competition, a citizen of the Czech Republic, was also present. During...More
Vatican: 31st Meeting of Council of Cardinals concludes
By Deborah Castellano Lubov/ zenit.org
: The 31st meeting of the Council of Cardinals concludes today in the Vatican. The Council used to be commonly called the C9 but now is being termed by many as the C6, following the dismissal of three of its members during the December 2018 meeting. The Council is studying the plans for reforming the Apostolic Constitution “Pastor Bonus” on the...More
Cardinal Guixot discusses fruits of Abu Dhabi Document on Human Fraternity
By Deborah Castellano Lubov and Rosa Die Alcolea/ zenit.org
: What have been concrete steps forward since the Pope’s historic trip to the Arabian Peninsula, signing the Human Fraternity Document with the Grand Imam of Al Azhar, and the instituting of the Higher Committee for achieving the goals contained in the document? In an interview with ZENIT abroad, Cardinal-elect Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, the...More
Pope: Study of Eastern Church law helps ecumenism
By Robin Gomes/ vaticannews.va
: Pope Francis received on Thursday, September 19, in audience in the Vatican participants in the congress of the Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches. The work of the Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches, which brings together experts from the Eastern Catholic, Orthodox and Oriental Churches, is of fundamental assistance to ecumenical...More
"Towards a Cohesive Society" initiative launched in Amman
Money generated from auction of Pope's car allocated to Haiti
Vatican: 31st Meeting of Council of Cardinals concludes
Cardinal Guixot discusses fruits of Abu Dhabi Document on Human Fraternity
Pope: Study of Eastern Church law helps ecumenism

Reflections

"Love is the only commandment that Jesus left us" by Patriarch Michel Sabbah

Video

0:00
Relics of Jesus and the apostles you find in Rome
0:00
Pope Francis meets with Bartholomew, Patriarch of Constantinople

Chosen articles

Pope heads to Asia seeking dialogue, peace and ecological solidarity
By Elise Harris/ cruxnow.com
Analysis: Pope’s deforestation alarm wasn’t a break from tradition, it is tradition
By John Allen/ cruxnow.com
Pope in Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius: Joy, hope and responsibility
By Andrea Tornielli
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Pope challenges African youth to ‘write a new page of history’
By Inés San Martín/cruxnow.com
Fr. Rif'at Bader says from Hungary that Jordan is a global model of common living
Archbishop of Calcutta: Mother Teresa, "mother and teacher" of the Church
By Archbishop of Calcutta Thomas D’Souza/ asianews.it
Peace through justice and forgiveness, not only in Africa
By Andrea Tornielli
Climate change is the most important life issue today
By Franciscan friar Daniel P. Horan/ ncronline.org
Cardinals from the peripheries for dialogue and for mission
By Andrea Tornielli/ vaticannews.va

Facebook

World

Polish prayer event brings together 60,000 Catholics ‘under the Cross’

By Paulina Guzik/ cruxnow.com
: Over 60,000 people have participated in the “Poland Under the Cross” prayer gathering for an event organized by the Solo Dios Basta community and the diocese of Włocławek in central Poland. Maciej Bodasiński and Lech Dokowicz, along with a small team, organized a prayer event the size of World Youth Day, including 60,000 participants at Włocławek airport, and Catholics from more than one hundred dioceses in Poland and beyond. In addition, over a million viewers of TVP - the Polish public broadcaster - tuned in to pray for the Church. “Christians are physically and psychologically persecuted around the globe; we are experiencing a true Golgotha. There is just so much evil in the world that there is no other thing to turn to than the cross of our Lord,” said Dokowicz. The heart of the...
More >>

Commentary: Asia Bibi, modern confessor of the faith

Metropolitan Hilarion: We continue to work in spirit of historic Havana encounter

An extraordinary missionary month to be inaugurated in Vatican Basilica

Parolin: 'The Eastern Catholic Churches are a treasure for the entire Church'

US Bishops hand Pope conclusions of 5th Hispanic-Latin Pastoral Ministry Meeting

Pope: 'The Holy Spirit gives us courage all the time'

Arab World

Beirut: CCSM takes part in conference on Christian-Islamic dialogue

By Munir Bayouk/ en.abouna.org
: The Catholic Center for Studies and Media (CCSM) in Jordan, represented by its director Fr. Dr. Rif’at Bader, is taking part in a conference convening in Beirut titled, "The Role of the Christian-Islamic Dialogue in Building Confidence and Civil Peace". The first day of the conference, which opened on Thursday September 19, included field visits to sites where the Lebanese civil war took place and which witnessed reconciliation at a later time with bridges of cooperation extended. The conference is organized by the Forum for Development, Culture and Dialogue, whose director is Pastor Dr. Riyad Jarjour, in cooperation with Danmission. Danmission is an independent organization rooted in the Danish National Church (Folkekirken). Danmission's focus is on poverty reduction, religious...
More >>

Beirut: Schools of the archdiocese open to those who cannot pay fees

Iraq: Sako lambasts efforts to undermine Christian presence in Nineveh Plain

Egypt: Opera Romana Pilgrimage to cross the 'Way of the Holy Family'

Cardinal Sako urges support for Christian presence in Nineveh, threatened by violence

Syria: Young Syriac-Orthodox Christians question the future that awaits them

Saudi crown prince receives a delegation of US evangelical Christians

Holy Land

Bethlehem: Celebration the Solemnity of the Exaltation of the Cross

By Filippo De Grazia/ lpj.org
: On Saturday, September 14, celebrations were held for the solemnity of the Holy Cross at the Church of St. Francis located in the Basilica of the Nativity complex. This feast coincides with that of the religious Family of the Incarnate Word which has the Cross as its banner. For the occasion, most of the members of the Religious Family of the Incarnate Word, present throughout the Holy Land, from Bethlehem, Beit Jala, Beit Sahour, Gaza, Jaffa and Sephoris came together. Some priests of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the minor seminarians of the Patriarchal Seminary of Beit Jala took part in the Holy Mass. Also present were some sisters of other congregations and the employees and volunteers of the Hogar de Niño Dios, a facility where five Sisters of the Institute take care of...
More >>

Meditation of Archbishop Pizzaballa: "Lord Jesus affirms that riches are frivolous"

Jordan: Chaldean community presents drama on Feast of Holy Cross

Sr. Marie-Odile of Daughters of Our Lady of Sorrows renews religious vows

The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross marked in Jerusalem

Patriarch Sabbah: Love is the only commandment that Jesus left us

Holy Land Commission concludes visit to parishes in Jordan