From Nigeria to Belarus, 2025 marks a grim year for religious freedom
by(OSV News) — As 2025 draws to a close, the plight of persecuted Christians around the world remains dire — and in many places, deeply…
Syria
Hope is an ‘active virtue’ that makes good things happen, pope says
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The “most beautiful gift” the Catholic Church and its members can give the world is…
Louisville charity ready to help in Syria
byAs search and rescue workers continue to recover the thousands of earthquake casualties in Turkey and Syria, offers of aid have poured in from…
‘We are in human misery,’ Franciscan in northern Syria tells pope
byBy Dale Gavlak Catholic News Service AMMAN, Jordan — Syrian government forces and Russian warplanes are bombing Idlib province, while tens of thousands of…
Syriac Catholic patriarch pleads for peace in northeastern Syria
byROME — The patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church pleaded for “immediate and lasting peace in northeastern Syria and the preservation of innocent lives,…
Share the Journey — A Syrian-American relationship blooms
byBy Deacon Lucio Caruso It has been amazing to witness the relationship between two individuals from two totally different cultures and parts of the world,…
Editorial — Be messengers of hope
byParis’ Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois asked about 1,500 worshippers gathered at the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris on Nov. 15 to be “messengers of…
Paris attacks won’t alter church outreach to refugees, USCCB head says
byBy Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service, and Marnie McAllister, Record Editor BALTIMORE — Church resettlement programs in the United States, including Catholic Charities of…
Editorial — These are crises we can solve
byLast week — on World Refugee Day, in fact — the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops released a statement that should shock and alarm…
Editorial — Jesus’ simple message of love
byIf you look in the dictionary for the definition of the word “martyr,” this is what you’ll find: “One who chooses to suffer death…