The Catholic Register Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:45:02 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Christian leader, English bishop add to outcry over attacks in Syria /home/international/item/26868-christian-leader-english-bishop-add-to-outcry-over-attacks-in-syria /home/international/item/26868-christian-leader-english-bishop-add-to-outcry-over-attacks-in-syria AMMAN, Jordan – A Syrian Christian political leader has joined the growing ranks of international condemnation over violent attacks in Syria's northwestern area of Afrin and the Damascus enclave of Eastern Ghouta.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Thu, 22 Feb 2018 16:19:43 -0500 Melkite Catholic Church elects new patriarch, a native of Syria /home/international/item/25522-melkite-catholic-church-elects-new-patriarch-a-native-of-syria /home/international/item/25522-melkite-catholic-church-elects-new-patriarch-a-native-of-syria

BEIRUT – Bishop Joseph Absi was elected the new Melkite patriarch of Antioch, Alexandria, Jerusalem and All the East during the Melkite Catholic Synod at Ain-Traz, Lebanon.

]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Wed, 21 Jun 2017 14:50:00 -0400 Development and Peace stands #WithSyria /item/19917-development-and-peace-stands-withsyria /item/19917-development-and-peace-stands-withsyria

Four years into SyriaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp civil war, CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Catholic development agency is petitioning Ottawa for more aid, Canadian diplomatic contributions to a peace plan and stronger efforts to choke off the money that keeps both the Assad regime and ISIS fighting.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Mon, 23 Mar 2015 08:30:00 -0400