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Latin Patriarchate schools… a century-and- a-half in Jordan
By Fr. Dr Rif’at Bader
: In 1847, the Holy See/ the Vatican re-launched the Latin Patriarchate after a residing patriarch in...More

Latin Patriarchate

Meditation of Archbishop Pizzaballa: Lord Jesus defines faith, presents a model of a believer
By Most Rev. Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa
Caritas works to help Syrians displaced by Turkish bombings
By Dale Gavlak/ Catholic News Service
: Church bells have been ringing in Qamishli and elsewhere in northeastern Syria, signaling the alarm to Christians and others of the ongoing Turkish military operation that is having a devastating humanitarian impact on civilians. “Hundreds of thousands of people have escaped,” said Yerado Krikorian, communications assistant for the Catholic aid...More
Aid to Church in Need calls for global prayer campaign
zenit.org
: The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is calling for all children worldwide to take part in the joint campaign “One Million Children Praying the Rosary”. This year’s theme is mission, as Pope Francis has designated the month of October as the Extraordinary Missionary Month. With the motto “Baptised and Sent: The Church of...More
Archbishop Warda: Turkey’s anti-Kurdish offensive will create more refugees
asianews.it
: Archbishop Warda is worried about escalating violence in northern Syria, hopes "all the parties" will help protect "innocent civilians". People won’t take another conflict. At least 275,000 people have fled. In Turkey, police arrested four mayors elected with a Kurdish party. As a Church "our prayers and hopes" are always for an "end" to this "...More
Archbishop Pizzaballa attends opening of “The Latins of Cyprus” exhibition in Nicosia
By Saher Kawas/ lpj.org
: On Thursday, October 10, 2019, Most Rev. Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Apostolic Administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, attended the opening the “The Latins of Cyprus” exhibition, organized by the House of Representatives at the initiative of the Latin Community in Cyprus. The exhibition, which takes place at the...More
Capernaum: The pilgrimage by the Custody to the city of Lord Jesus
By Beatrice Guarrera/ custodia.org
: Two thousand years ago, the shores of the Sea of Galilee witnessed the action of Jesus. To commemorate the events that took place there, the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land went on a pilgrimage to Capernaum on Saturday, 12th October 2019, starting the celebration from the shore of Lake Tiberias. The passage from the Gospel in which Jesus...More
Caritas works to help Syrians displaced by Turkish bombings
Aid to Church in Need calls for global prayer campaign
Archbishop Warda: Turkey’s anti-Kurdish offensive will create more refugees
Archbishop Pizzaballa attends opening of “The Latins of Cyprus” exhibition in Nicosia
Capernaum: The pilgrimage by the Custody to the city of Lord Jesus

Reflections

"Christians should follow the example of Lord Jesus" Patriarch Emeritus Michel Sabbah for Sunday April 16-April 22, 2017

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Cardinal Newman Society makes a pilgrimage to see their patron's canonization

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Italian priests growing older, and over 6,000 disappeared in the last 30 years
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With Newman, the church gains its 'saint for modern times'
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India's Eastern Church gets ready for fourth canonization
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Synod Eyes ‘Creativity’ of the Church for New Ministries in the Amazon
By Rosa Die Alcolea/ zenit.org
New ministries and the Amazonian face of the Church
By Andrea Tornielli/ vaticannews.va
An exorcist explains why the devil hates bells so much
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US, Vatican still see alliance on religious freedom
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The saint and the sultan… after eight centuries
'Comfort addiction is harmful to health'
Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
Feast of St Jerome: The Dalmate dazzled by the Word!
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Amazon Synod Day 7: Appreciating charism of laity

vaticannews.va
: During the 10th General Congregation which took place on the afternoon of 14 October, the participants in the Special Amazon Synod continued their work. In addition to Pope Francis, there were 177 Synod Fathers present, as well as other auditors, experts and invited guests. Vatican News – Vatican City Rethinking ministry in the Church in the light of the parameters of synodality so that the Church might be more and more formed by the Word of God was defined as one of the challenges of the Church in the Amazon region. Several interventions given this afternoon in the Synod Hall highlighted this. The Word of God The Word of God is an active and merciful presence; it is educative and prophetic, formative and performative. It underpins that challenge of integral ecology and can be a means for...
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Indian Catholics celebrate the canonization of Sr Mariam Thresia

Amazon Synod: New challenges and new solutions

The Greek Orthodox Church recognizes the Ukrainian Church

St John Henry Newman: Dedicated to the search for truth

Pope appeals for dialogue for northeastern Syria

Pope at Canonization Mass: New saints 'kindly lights' in the gloom of the world

Arab World

Turkey’s invasion of northeastern Syria... a blow against Christians—exodus looms

By Edward Clancy/ churchinneed.org
: President Trump's order to withdraw US troops from northeastern Syria effectively green-lit Turkey’s invasion of the region. With this shift in US policy, Turkey has been given an opening to reshape its borders and begin to carry out a multi-faceted strategy. As the crisis unfolds, one thing is clear: Christians and other minorities are again in the eye of the storm. Northeastern Syria is home to an estimated 40,000 Christians, Armenians, Chaldeans, Assyrians, as well as Syriac Catholics and Syriac Orthodox. Although suffering some restrictions, they have been living under the protection of the Kurds in an area that stretches 300 miles from the Euphrates River to the Iraqi border. Kurds comprised the bulk of the Syrian Defense Forces that, alongside US troops, fought against ISIS. With...
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Vicar of Aleppo Mgr Abou Khazen slams US, Europe for betraying the Kurds

UAE, UNESCO sign agreement for reconstruction of churches in Mosul

Syria: Fresh conflict threatens new exodus of Christians

Caritas on Syria: An endless humanitarian tragedy

Advocates to Trump: Don’t desert Christians, Yazidis, Kurds in Syria

World Council of Churches condemns violence in Syria

Holy Land

Bishop Shomali discusses with Ambassador Al-Qaisi religious trourism

By Munir Bayouk-en.abouna.org
: Latin Patriarchal Vicar for Jordan Bishop William Shomali welcomed on Monday, October 14, Jordan's newly appointed Ambassador to France Makram Mustafa Al-Qaisi at the Latin Vicariate in Amman. The meeting, attended by Fr. Anton Hreimat and Fr. Tuma Malak, included a review of relations between Jordan and the Catholic Church at a time when Jordan is one of the few countries in the world that has received four Popes on its soil, as well as being assiduously active alongside the Vatican in the fields of promoting and enhancing dialogue among various cultures and religions. Discussions also dealt with promoting Christian religious tourism to Jordan, being part of the Holy Land, as it includes several Christian historical sites most notably the Baptism Site of Lord Jesus Christ on the River...
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CCSM participates in seminar on water

Feast of St. Comboni marked at St. John Baptist De La Salle Church

A new “Way of the Cross” for Jerusalem

The Assembly of the Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land meets in Jerusalem

Agenzia Fides highlights 150th anniversary of Catholic schools in Jordan

Archbishop Pizzaballa: 'Contemplating the Word of God, the origin of mission'