Patriarch H.B. Gregorius III Laham Greek Melkite of Antioch and All the East and Alexandria and Jerusalem for the Greek Catholics Foto: 26 10 2012 Rome (Synod for the New Evangelization) - photo: ZENIT   Syria                                                                                                                             08.05.2015 Beirut/Königstein, 08.05.2015. Patriarch Gregory III, the spiritual leader of the Melkite Church, a church that [...]

  “Greeting from Nepal! " First of all, allow me to express my most heartfelt appreciation on behalf of the people of Nepal for your love, care, concern, prayer, blessing, solidarity and generous financial help to those affected by the devastation wrought by the massive earthquake. Your words of comfort are [...]

 Cameroon   A multipurpose hall to be used as a church by Catholics who have fled Boko Haram  It is not only in Nigeria but also in the north of neighbouring Cameroon that people are suffering from the violent attacks of the terroristBoko Haram militias. However, these attacks have attracted [...]

Beirut, Lebanon                                                                                                        05 May 2015   With over 1.5 million Syrian refugees, Cardinal Rai is worried about the future of his country By Oliver Maksan Beirut/Königstein, 05.05.2015. Patriarch Bechara Cardinal Rai is worried about the religious balance in Lebanon. In an interview with the Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the [...]

A massive earthquake of 7.9 Richter scale struck the Himalayan Nation of Nepal on 25th April at 11.55 a.m. The epicenter near the western Region of Gorkha District which is approximately 80 kilometer from the Capital City, Kathmandu. The tremor was so strong that the neighboring countries like Tibet, North [...]

In my country Syria, Christians are caught in the middle of a civil war and they are enduring the rage of an extremist jihad. And it is unjust for the West to ignore the persecutions these Christian communities are experiencing. Syrian Christians are in grave danger; we may disappear soon. [...]

Nepal                                                                                                                            28.04.2015   Kathmandu/Königstein, 28.04.2015. NEPAL’s Catholic bishop has given a graphic account of the country’s catastrophic earthquake, describing how he was lucky to survive. In a message yesterday (Monday, 27th April), Bishop Paul Simick said he “saw houses falling like a pack of cards,” and that people “were running [...]

Interview                                                                                                                      27.04.2015   24 April 1915 marks a black day in the history of Armenia. In the early hours of 25 April 1915, the Ottoman Empire began to carry out genocide against the Armenians in Anatolia. Around 600 people, intellectuals, authors, journalists, members of the clergy, lawyers, doctors, members of [...]

Ethiopia/Eritrea                                                                                                            23.04.2015   "It is a tragedy that could well happen again. There are many other migrants in the hands of Isis." The words are those of  Don Mussie Zerai, an Eritrean priest, who was speaking to the Italian office of the international Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church [...]