Syria’s Islamist leaders pledged to respect religious freedom despite their radical past. Many Christians and Shiites are ...

A local pilgrimage that kicked off in January in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis offers an opportunity to celebrate the newly canonized Martyrs of Damascus and to, in prayer, walk ...

Many of us have seen the dramatic changes taking place in Syria since the fall of the former regime on Dec. 6.

The occasion marked the conclusion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul.

JD Vance's remarks and the new administration's hard-line immigration policies reveal a growing chasm between the MAGA movement and the Catholic Church.

COMMENTARY: Approved on the same day as ‘Lumen Gentium’ and ‘Unitatis Redintegratio,’ ‘Orientalium Ecclesiarum’ manifests the ...

He never met Christ whilst he was on Earth, but Christ appeared to him on the road to Damascus ... However the Catholic Church teaches that this does not hold for Mary, as she was free from ...

Canonization is the final step towards sainthood in the Catholic Church, following beatification ... are 11 individuals known as the "martyrs of Damascus," who have become saints some 160 years ...

Damascus, on Jan. 25, 2025. Credit: ACI MENA In attendance were Patriarch Youssef Absi of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church; apostolic nuncio to Syria Cardinal Mario Zenari; and apostolic vicar of ...