But despite being bombed, schools are rebuilt and remain open: “We are responsible for pupils, no matter what”.

The martyr city’s Maronite archbishop says “some are urging Christians in the Middle East to leave given that there are so few of them. It’s not worth it, leave. But there needs to be a Christian presence in the place where faithful have been present for millennia.

This is a joint initiative of the 36 bishops of IARCCUM - the mixed commission established by the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church – which aims to mark the 50th anniversary of the official start to dialogue between the Churches. A ceremony is to be held on 5 October attended by the Pope and Primate Justin Welby.

Francis received victims’ relatives on Saturday, September 24: it is not with hatred and violence that we should respond to the Devil’s attacks but with forgiveness, love and respect towards others, regardless of whether they are different from us.

A new regulation has been approved for the medical commission of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. It involves: a qualified majority, a limited number of re-examinations and payments via wire transfer.

The Holy See has approved a new regulation introducing stricter procedures for medical examinations carried out by the medical commission of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Changes include the introduction of a qualified majority, a limited number of re-examinations when results are contested and payments via wire transfer.

Iraqi Christians, Yazidis, and other religious minorities gathered in Washington two weeks ago and proposed for there to be a safe zone created for them in the Nineveh Plains, which are northeast of Mosul in northern Iraq, Christian Telegraph reports according to Mission Network News. The idea would be for the safe zone to potentially become a sovereign state in the future.

The proposal hasn’t gained much traction, but a lot more would need to be answered first, says Todd Nettleton of Voice of the Martyrs, USA.

With his choice, Francis continues in the footsteps of his predecessors. The significance of his gesture in Assisi

Francis, Bartholomew and Welby meditate together during the ecumenical prayer session in the Lower Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi: “Who bothers responding to them? “Far too often they encounter the coldness of those who silence their cry for help with the same ease with which television channels are changed”

Mgr. Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, has taken part in the peace meeting the Pope is going to be attending tomorrow.

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople of the Eastern Orthodox Church Bartholomew I was among the protagonists of the second day of meetings in Assisi. The Orthodox leader once again stressed his commitment to peace and expressed an ecclesial vision similar to Francis’. Meanwhile, Kasper said “Christian unity is a sign of the times against conflict”. Rabbi Rosen added: The fact that such a negative relationship as that between Jews and Christians has been radically transformed, shows that anything is possible”.