In the spotlight: St. Patrick’s Day, vigil for shooting victims, Myanmar violence
Photos of the Week: March 22, 2021
Photos of the Week: Jan. 17-24, 2021
In the spotlight this week: presidential inauguration, pro-life rally, COVID-19 memorial.
Pope encourages church’s efforts to bring peace, aid to Syria, Iraq
Pope Francis sent a video message Dec. 10 to an online meeting about the Syrian and Iraqi humanitarian crises.
Catholic hospitals in Syria working to help indigent patients
Three Catholic-run hospitals providing life-saving services free of charge to vulnerable Syrians hope to aid some 50,000 patients by the project’s end next year.
Pope meets Putin; two leaders talk about Ukraine, Syria, Venezuela
Pope Francis welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Vatican July 4, and the two discussed the ongoing wars in Eastern Ukraine and in Syria, the Vatican said. Russia plays a major role in both conflicts.
Book shows human faces of IS victims, atrocities of Islamic caliphate
“The Terrorist Factory” is a book about the individual human tragedies caught up in this terrorist organization.
New law will provide relief to genocide victims in Iraq, Syria
President Donald Trump has signed into law the Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act of 2018, which will provide humanitarian relief to genocide victims in Iraq and Syria and hold accountable Islamic State perpetrators of genocide.
Christian activists say militias target religious minorities in Syria
Jihadists allied with Turkey are hunting down religious minorities to kill them in Syria’s northwest, Christian activists warn, as Turkey and its allies have encircled the Kurdish-held town of Afrin and are relentlessly pushing through.