As Rabbi Yusuf Hamra and his son Henry were visiting Damascus this week for the first time since emigrating from Syria to the ...

With the European Union poised to ease sanctions on Syria following the ouster of its former governing regime last fall, ...

By AFP, Damascus Syria's tiny Jewish community said they held their first group prayer in decades on Feb. 19, in a synagogue ...

Once a refuge for socially conservative ideologues, American Catholicism is now a brand for sale to the highest bidder — and ...

Pope Francis, who is receiving treatment in hospital for a respiratory tract infection, will not appear in public on Sunday ...

What is one to make of only the second Catholic vice president in U.S. history lashing out at his own bishops?

Joseph Yacoub, a specialist in Eastern Christians, examines Syria’s historical identity, highlighting its neglected Christian ...

WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Claims that the U.S. bishops' conference profits from its partnership with the government to assist refugee populations that qualify for federal assistance, and that the ...

Church leaders in Syria said they were working closely with the new leadership to ensure that religious freedom will be guaranteed and that Christians will be ...

The father of an old, estranged fiancé of mine once asked me why I raised our daughters Catholic. The implication was that ...

For Syria's post-regime change future to be successful, the head of the Catholic Church's leading humanitarian ... During his visit, Dutton traveled to both Damascus and Aleppo, where he met ...