Articles

Under the leadership of Maronite Archbishop Samir Nassar of Damascus and with the support of the international Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), a delegation from the Family Commission of the Syrian Bishops’ Conference (1) was able to participate in the World Meeting of Families in [...]

Jad Abed is a 10-year-old Syriac Orthodox boy living in Aleppo, Syria. He is in fifth grade. In this interview, he reflects on his life in the city that saw some of the most intense fighting in his country’s civil war. Though normal life is slowly resuming, for Jad the [...]

The number of faithful in Syria’s ancient city has fallen from 250,000 to 30,000. Now the war is over, how many of those can be persuaded to stay? Standing in the square and closing my eyes tight shut, I could just about imagine what it must have been like in [...]

I speak on behalf of a people worn out after walking the Gethsemane road for six years…the way of suffering that has pierced the heart of the Syrian people and many other peoples who were witness to this. Some were Simon of Cyrene, who helped Jesus carry the cross. Others [...]

“Children are the future. We would like to help them so that they can grow up healthy, even if they have lost the innocence of childhood through the war.” By Josué Villalón Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has approved 225000 euros for the project “A Drop of Milk”. [...]

By Maria Lozano A woman weeps. Wrapped in a sheet on which is written in Arabic the word “Syria”, the woman, who is pregnant, sheds tears which run down over her abdomen, within which are two babies fighting with each other. The mother is holding a dagger in her hands, [...]

By Josue Villalon Mzeina Hospital is situated in the small town of the same name, one of several that make up the Valley of the Christians (Wadi Al-Nasara in Arabic), a rural region of Syria, close to the frontier with Lebanon and roughly halfway between the city of Homs and [...]

Irmina Nockiewicz The situation in Syria stabilises, but remains unsafe. Moreover whole cities have been destroyed, which is posing further challenges to the voluntary and sustainable repatriation. Despite all difficulties, some Syrian refugees are returning. When the Muslim families from the Syrian refugees camp in Zahlé were asked about [...]