Earlier this month, reports came from the Syrian city of Qusayr of an ominous warning to the town’s Christians: Either join the Sunni-led opposition against Bashar al-Assad or leave. Soon after, thousands of Christians fled the town. After decades of protection by a secular-leaning dictatorship, the Qusayr ultimatum warned of a dark future for Syria’s […]

  Gunmen killed 10 people and wounded dozens when they opened fire and hurled grenades into two churches in the eastern Kenyan town of Garissa on Sunday, the latest in a string of attacks, police said. Gunmen burst into the churches in apparently coordinated attacks targeting worshippers as they held Sunday prayer services in Garissa, some […]

  عاد الى بيروت بعد ظهر اليوم البطريرك الماروني مار بشاره بطرس الراعي آتيا من انطاكيا بعد زيارة له شملت عدة مدن تركية اقام خلالها عدة قداديس هناك بمناسبة عيد القديسين بطرس وبولس.   وقد عاد الراعي على متن طائرة خاصة وضعها في تصرفه رجل الاعمال سركيس سركيس وكان في استقباله في المطار سفير تركيا […]

  شارك البطريرك الماروني مار بشارة بطرس الراعي والوفد المرافق بعد ظهر اليوم، في القداس الالهي الذي اقيم في كنيسة الكاثوليك في انطاكيا وترأسه مطران الأناضول روجيرو فرانشيسكيني في حضور السفير البابوي في تركيا انطونيو لوتشيبللو ولفيف من الكهنة والمؤمنين الأتراك.      بعد الانجيل أشاد فرانشيسكيني بزيارة الراعي وبالقداس الالهي الكبير الذي احتفل به […]

  President Michel Sleiman followed up on the security situation with Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Interior Minister Marwan Charbel, the National News Agency reported on Friday. The report added that Sleiman underlined the necessity of “refraining from blocking roads [as a sign of protest], since it disrupts people’s [daily life] and challenges the concept of […]

  Following rumors that rebel factions are chasing Christian families out of some Syrian cities and towns, Vatican’s envoy to Syria Mario Zenari says that Syrian Christians are as threatened as all communities, but they haven’t interfered in the conflict yet.  The Assyrian International News Agency reported that “an exodus of Christians is taking place […]

  أعلن صباح امس في مركز "اعمال الشرق" (أوفر دوريان) في باريس عن زيارة البابا بينيديكتوس السادس عشر للبنان من 14 الى 16 ايلول المقبل. وعرض أهداف الزيارة مدير المركز المونسنيور باسكال غولنيش ومطران البترون منير خيرالله والاب اليسوعي الخبير في شؤون الشرق الاوسط سمير خليل ومدير المركز الكاثوليكي للاعلام الخوري عبده ابو كسم والباحث […]

  Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi said on Wednesday that “people are fed up with divisions” and reiterated support for Lebanese from all sects and parties. “People are fed up with divisions and we are always with all Lebanese from all sects, moods, movements and parties,” al-Rahi said at Rafik Hariri International Airport ahead of travelling to […]

  The cabinet summoned the chiefs of security agencies to Baabda Palace on Monday to discuss the several security events which violated the one-month security plan launched earlier in the day and the overall situation in the country. The government summoned Army Chief General Jean Qahwaji, Internal Security Forces chief Maj. Gen. Ashraf Rifi and General […]

    Two hand grenades and a landmine were found near Notre Dame Hospital in Jounieh, north of Beirut, media reports said Friday. The grenades and the mine were discovered in a bucket, they said. Security forces immediately cordoned off the area although they were old and not set to detonate, they added. The hospital’s director Dr. Fawzi […]