Tag: CWN
Maronite Patriarch: negotiations for Syrian nuns’ release have ‘stumbled’; new video appears
CWN - 13/2/14 The patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church said that the release of a dozen kidnapped Syrian nuns appeared imminent until recently. In December, ... Read More
Greek Orthodox bishop denies urging Syrian Christians to take up arms
CWN -19/12/13 A Greek Orthodox bishop has denied urging Syrian Christians to take up arms, according to a new Fides news agency report. Bishop Lukas El ... Read More
Syrian Catholic bishop condemns Orthodox bishop’s call to arms
CWN - 14/12/13 A Greek Orthodox bishop’s exhortation to Syrian Christians to take up arms is “insane” and “reckless,” a Syrian Catholic prelate told the ... Read More
Syrian Islamic leader says kidnapped Orthodox bishops are alive and in Turkey
CWN - -31/10/13 Two Orthodox bishops who were kidnapped in April by rebel forces in Syria are alive, and are now being held in Turkey, ... Read More
Pope Tawadros II to Visit Pope Francis
CWN - 6/4/13 Pope Tawadros (Theodoros) II of Alexandria, who was elected head of the Coptic Orthodox Church in November, has announced that he will soon ... Read More
Syrian rebel soldiers kidnap two Priests
CWN - 15/2/13 Two Christian priests—one Armenian Catholic and the other Greek Orthodox—have been kidnapped by Syrian rebel soldiers. Armenian Catholic Archbishop Boutros Marayati of ... Read More
Syrian bishop: ‘all the churches desecrated’ in Homs
CWN 22/10/2012 The Chaldean Catholic bishop of Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, told an audience at Parliament in London that the city is in “chaos.” Christians ... Read More