A man reacts as people gather during New Year's celebrations in Damascus, Syria, Jan. 1, 2025, after the ousting of ...

The lights of the menorahs over darkness are a reminder that miracles can still happen here.

Christians in Maaloula in western Syria have been living with an intensifying fear for their safety, exacerbated by a recent ...

Until the fall of the al-Assad regime, the word “dollar” was forbidden in public. Instead, people used anything green – my ...

Bethlehem is marking another somber Christmas Eve under the shadow of war in Gaza. Manger Square lacked its usual festive ...

In his Christmas blessing, Pope Francis urged people and nations to take a transformative step toward peace and ...

“Jesus is the door of peace,” he said from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica Dec. 25. “This Christmas, at the beginning of ...

Prior to offering his blessing "urbi et orbi," Francis prayed for peace in Ukraine, the Holy Land, Lebanon and Syria, and in ...

Twinkling lights, stars, bells and revolutionary flags are strung above the ancient streets of the old city of Damascus.

Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in ...

The Gospel according to Luke tells of the circumstances that led to the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. “And it came to pass in ...

Her daughter, Carmit Palty Katzir, said in a statement that her mother’s “heart could not withstand the terrible suffering ...