The U.S. launched 59 missiles from the USS Ross and USS Porter in the Mediterranean early April 7 local time. U.S. officials said they targeted Shayrat Air Base’s airstrips, hangars, control tower and ammunition areas.
Catholic leaders in Syria criticize U.S. missile strikes
Vatican welcomes three new refugee families from Syria
The first three refugee families from Syria welcomed by the Vatican left their temporary homes to start their new lives in Italy, and three new families took their places in Vatican apartments.
How will U.S. policy affect Middle East’s Christians in 2017?
It’s an open question as to just what the United States would do for the Middle East’s Christian minorities under the presidential administration of Donald Trump.
In Christmas messages, patriarchs call for peace amid Christian persecution
Lamenting the exodus of Christians from their ancestral homelands, Catholic patriarchs of the Middle East pleaded for peace and security in their annual Christmas messages.
In Syria, danger and misery are abundant, but solutions are scarce
Aleppo, once Syria’s largest city and once known as its jewel, sits in rubble, but more tragically so do its people.
Pope pleas on behalf of civilians in Aleppo as bombing intensifies
Expressing his “profound pain and deep concern for what is happening in this already martyred city,” the pope told people that it is a place where death strikes “children, the elderly, the sick, young people, old people, everyone.”
Welcoming the stranger: thinking globally, acting locally
His name is Omran. He sits motionless in an Aleppo ambulance after his family home was bombed. His silent stare screams at anyone looking: “I am a human being! Why can’t you see me?”
Syria needs political, not military, solution to crisis, pope says
The pope’s message was part of a “Peace Is Possible” campaign for Syria launched July 5 by Caritas Internationalis.