Chaldean Bishop of Aleppo Appeals for Peace in Syria
Bishop Antoine Audo Highlights Plight of War-Ravaged Nation
View ArticleTwo Priests in Syria Kidnapped By Armed Rebels
Christians in the Syrian town of Aleppo are trying to contact the kidnappers responsible for the abduction of two priests: Fr. Michel Kayyal of the Armenian Catholic Church and Fr. Maher Mahfouz of...
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Syrian Christians Face Situation Going From Bad to Worse
Here is a statement released Wednesday by the Syrian Orthodox Archbishop of Aleppo, Mar Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim, regarding the continuing crisis in Syria. * * * The painfully unfolding events in...
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The Diary of a Parish Priest of Aleppo
A new escalation in the already untenable tension of the Syrian tragedy was reached Monday evening with the kidnapping of two bishops: Mar Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim, Metropolitan of Aleppo of the...
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Kidnapped Syrian bishop in need of medicine
Washington D.C., May 1, 2013 / 12:36 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- No news has emerged of the two kidnapped Orthodox bishops in Syria, more than a week since their disappearance, and reports have now surfaced...
View ArticleSyrian Orthodox Metropolitan Calls For Release of Abducted Prelates
Syrian Orthodox Metropolitan Jean Kawak called for aid from Turkish leaders in securing the release of two Syrian bishops who were kidnapped in Aleppo. "Turkey is important to resolve the situation of...
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Facing risk of death, Syrian priests remain faithful
Rome, Italy, Jun 26, 2013 / 04:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As civil war rages in Syria, priests are choosing to stay with their people and continue pastoring them, even as a monk was killed during a raid...
View ArticleMilitary involvement in Syria could spark world war, bishop warns
Aleppo, Syria, Aug 27, 2013 / 01:33 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The bishop of Aleppo, Syria, has cautioned that foreign military action in the country could spark a global war, making the “tragic situation”...
View ArticleU.S. Military Action In Syria Could Spark World War, Syrian Bishop Warns
By CNA/EWTN NEWS | ALEPPO, Syria — A Catholic bishop in Aleppo has warned that U.S. and foreign military action in the war-torn country could ignite a global war, making the “tragic situation” in Syria...
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Syrian Archbishop Releases Figures on Damage of War
Greek-Catholic Archbishop Jean-Clément Jeanbart of Aleppo in Syria released several figures of the scale of the disaster from the ongoing civil war. "In recent months, only in Aleppo, 1400 factories...
View ArticleRocket Damages Caritas Aleppo Center; No One Injured
A Caritas centre in Aleppo received a direct hit from a rocket Wednesday. Nobody was hurt in the attack, but one of the offices was badly damaged. Poor Syrian families affected by three-year conflict...
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Charity Tries to Respond to Needs in Aleppo
Wounded, destitute and sick people in Aleppo, one of the cities worst affected by the conflict in Syria, are to receive emergency aid from an international Catholic charity amid worsening reports of...
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Attacks Intensify in Aleppo; Archbishop Says Scene Like an Earthquake
Attacks have intensified in recent days in the Syrian city of Aleppo due to military retaliation and incursions by rebels. The central districts and the Old Town, where rebels are trying to advance,...
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Argentine nun heads to Syria after Pope’s call to peripheries
Gaza City, Apr 30, 2014 / 04:19 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A religious sister from Argentina, who has been serving for four years in the Gaza Strip, is preparing to go to the Syrian city of Aleppo, in...
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