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Date of source: Thursday, February 15, 2024
On Friday, February 16, the Coptic community in Egypt commemorated the 9th anniversary of the massacre of 21 Egyptian Christians in the Libyan city of Sirte by the self-styled Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), or Dāʿish, in the Arabic acronym, on February 15, 2015.
Date of source: Monday, February 5, 2024
Secretary-General of the Muslim Council of Elders, Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Salām, highlighted that the annual adoption of the International Day of Human Fraternity on February 4 is based on the commemoration of the most significant document in modern human history.
Date of source: Friday, January 12, 2024
Thousands of Catholic Christians attended the Epiphany mass and the annual pilgrimage of al-Maghṭas, Arabic for baptism or immersion. This is officially known as the Baptism Site, “Bethany Beyond the Jordan,” and lies on the eastern bank of the Jordan River. It is reputed to be the original...
Date of source: Friday, December 15, 2023
The Maronite denomination emerged in Egypt in 1745, when the Aleppo monk, Mūsa Hilāna, consecrated al-Bārija, the first Maronite church in Damietta (Dumyāṭ), as well as in Egypt and Africa.
Date of source: Sunday, December 10, 2023
The Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Talāʿ al-ʿAlī, located in the Jordanian capital of Amman, recently hosted a musical event in anticipation of Christmas to enhance hope for an end to the aggression in Gaza.
Date of source: Monday, December 18, 2023
Pope Francis denounced the IDF for the killing of two Christian women who had sought refuge in a church in Gaza, once again indicating that Israel is using tactics of “terrorism” in the Gaza Strip.
Date of source: Saturday, December 2, 2023
Although unable to attend the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in the United Arab Emirates due to lung inflammation, Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church urged the conference to pursue a breakthrough to stop the phenomenon of global warming, emphasizing the urgency of...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Archbishop of Latin Church Catholics of the Archdiocese of Jerusalem, Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, said he was agonized by the suffering of thousands of people, as well as the huge number of victims that keeps rising daily.
Date of source: Sunday, October 15, 2023
On Sunday (October 15), Pope Francis called upon the opening of humanitarian corridors to help those trapped in the Gaza Strip, and renewed his call for the release of hostages. In his weekly sermon at St. Peters square, the Pope asked that “all children, ill persons, elderly persons and women, as...