Lebanon, a nation plagued by decades of crises, has now been engulfed in a devastating war, destroying cities, villages, and uprooting its people. The spiral of violence has exacerbated the wounds inflicted upon Lebanon, with foreign perpetrators continuing the destructive work begun by domestic ones.
I write this time from the United States of America, and though the body is here, the heart is there, particularly in Gaza, which has been tormented for about a year, yet the suffering is escalating nowadays in fraternal Lebanon. It is Lebanon that recently marked two great ecclesiastical figures, namely the beatification of Patriarch Estephan El-Douaihy, who led the Maronite Church between 1672 and 1704, and Armenian Patriarch Cardinal Gregory Peter XV Agaganian, who was one of the most prominent religious figures in the world and whose body was returned to Beirut in a grand offi
In August 2009, I came to Chicago, whereby the founding committee for the establishment of an Arab Catholic parish invited me to celebrate a Holy Mass which I did with pleasure, during which I prayed for the families present from different regions. The beautiful dream that Mr. Majdi Bader and his companions had at the time was to establish a church that would serve a mother church that encompasses at its people. At the time, we prayed fervently for the church to see the light.
Caritas Jerusalem has all the times been playing an active role in the field of alleviating the suffering of the people in the Holy Land by undertaking viable and propitious solutions designed to reverse difficult situations that erupt from time to time and that wreak havoc on several walks of life.
From Dili to Singapore. What a culture shock. What a poignant experience to touch with hand the two faces of our increasingly polarized world, marked by injustice and inequality that, as Pope Francis never tires of reminding us, lead to forced migration, exploitation, hatred, conflict.
In Papua New Guinea, Pope Francis fulfills his dream of embracing the world's most remote periphery.
There are tunnels of war and terror, designed to hide soldiers, militants, and hostages. But there are also tunnels built to foster friendship among people of different faiths.
In Jakarta, the Istiqlal Mosque, the largest in Southeast Asia, stands across from the Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, separated only by a three-lane highway.
We highly value the photo exhibition held by the Friends of Jordan Festivals, with the support presented by the Jordan Tourism Board and the cooperation with the historical archives of the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem, the French School of Biblical and Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, and the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, in addition to the coordination by Darat Al-Tasweer.
In a world abounding with news reports that do not bode well, a film comes of the very heart of the Church that brings a desperately needed message of hope.
The feature film titled, “Triumph of the Heart relates St. Maximilian Kolbe and his companion’s triumph over the darkness of life.
“Intelligence” is a word that has been used all the times to mean the ability to acquire and apply knowledge, or to collect pieces of information that have military of political value.
In our modern time a new term has been coined, namely “artificial intelligence” (AI). This term seems strange or rather difficult to comprehend. Yet, it proves to reflect key issues relevant to every day’s life.
