In his Christmas message,Pope Francis sent out appeals for Syria, the Holy Land, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Nigeria, South Sudan, Congo, Ukraine, Venezuela, Colombia, Myanmar and Korea. He also spared a thought for victims of terrorism and those affected by earthquakes.
As the conflict situation in Syria continues to deteriorate and the battle to retake the once predominantly Christian Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State (ISIS) enters its second month, what hope is there for Christians in those countries in 2017?
In this, her seventh year behind bars, the Christian woman who was sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan has only words of peace and forgiveness for her persecutors.
Inhabitants of all religions and backgrounds are celebrating the laying down of arms by the rebels. Vatican Insider reports the accounts on two priests who are preparing to celebrate their first peaceful Christmas.
Between Christmas and Easter Christ still walks, thus giving us a lot to celebrate each day.
He still walks amongst us with hands out stretched for the meek and lonely. He listens to our cries and hears our prayers.
What a comfort we have in Him to know that Jesus is the Lord of mercy, who before we shed the first tear He cried first, before we felt pain He felt it first on the cross, and fought our fights against all evil. Jesus Christ saved us from death by giving us eternal life.
Marina Markos, a Coptic Orthodox Christian refugee from Cairo, Egypt, plunged into the 2016 Christmas season in Queens, New York — the city she now calls home, after immigrating to the United States earlier this year.
Delighted by the Christmas decorations that festoon local stores and the holiday greetings publicly exchanged by friends and acquaintances, Markos remembered the more restricted celebrations of her religious community in Egypt.
“Christmas is about preparing our hearts and then our homes to receive Jesus as a baby,” Markos told the Register.
This is not intended to propagate the significance of the Restaurant of Mercy, but rather to shed light on its grand message. The Restaurant of Mercy is Jordanian. It was launched almost a year ago with the initiative of Caritas Jordan (Caritas means love in German) and the Latin Vicariate. This restaurant took a nonpareil coverage by different media outlets over the past year. Why? Becuase it is a charity restaurant that offers hot meals on daily bases for free to whoever gets in.
A journey through the country with the highest intake of refugees in the world (accounting for around 30%-40% of the population), that is trying to turn over a new leaf after two years of political vacuum
In his speech to a group of new ambassadors to the Holy See, Francis decried the scandalous spending on weapons, while many people lack the basics they need to live
"The Catholic Center for Studies and Media (CCSM) in Jordan strongly condemns and denounces the heinous terrorist explosion perpetrated yesterday on the Orthodox Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Cairo which led to the martyrdom of 25 worshippers during Sunday Mass."
