Messages and Homilies
Fifth Sunday of Lent – Year A “Solidarity Sunday” Homily [Ezekiel 37:12-14; Psalm 130; Romans 8:8-11; John 11:1-45] In early…
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Archdiocesan News
If the Church isn’t there for displaced and refugee Christians in the Middle East, nobody else is going to protect…
When civil war broke out in Syria, Maslam Mansour and his family were forced to leave everything behind — their…
When Rifaa, her husband and three daughters escaped into Iraq in the dead of night, "there were dead bodies on…
Church bells have been ringing in Qamishli and elsewhere in northeastern Syria, signaling the alarm to Christians and others of…
Turkish warplanes have begun attacking northeastern Syria, causing widespread panic among Christian and other religious communities caught up in the…
Mary's assumption into heaven calls people to put aside all those insignificant, mundane and petty concerns competing for their attention…
Pope Francis urged Syrian President Bashar Assad to put an end to his country's eight-year-long conflict and seek reconciliation for…
Pope Francis welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Vatican July 4, and the two discussed the ongoing wars in…
Nora Alsaka Amini can still recall the horrors of her final months in Syria. Speaking at a workshop at Newman…
