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“Laïcité, montrez vos papiers !” – Clotilde de Fouchécour

6 September 2016

Le substrat religieux de la laïcité dans les pays démocratiques est utilisé aujourd’hui pour dénoncer cette même laïcité, en contester la légitimité. Oui, Marianne c’est Marie et Anne. Oui, la fraternité, troisième terme du triptyque, si elle évoque pour certains la franc-maçonnerie, vint s’ajouter à […]

Papst Franciskus spricht Mutter Teresa heilig

6 September 2016

Vor hunderttausenden Pilgern hat Papst Franziskus die albanische Ordensfrau Mutter Teresa heiliggesprochen. Auf dem Petersplatz verlas er die entsprechende Formel. Papst Franziskus hat die albanische Ordensfrau und Friedensnobelpreisträgerin Mutter Teresa (1910-1997) heiliggesprochen. Der Pontifex verlas vor Hunderttausenden Pilgern auf dem Petersplatz in einer feierlichen Zeremonie […]

Mère Teresa est déclarée sainte par le pape François

4 September 2016

Mère Teresa de Calcutta, qui a dédié sa vie aux plus déshérités, a été déclarée sainte dimanche par le pape François au commencement d’une messe de canonisation célébrée sur la place Saint-Pierre de Rome devant quelque 100.000 fidèles. “Nous déclarons la bienheureuse Teresa de Calcutta […]

Rahi calls for the election of a president

3 September 2016

NNA – Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rahi hoped that the “divine light guides political parties to elect a president and puts an end to corruption.” The Maronite prelate spoke Saturday from Diman, chairing the third annual Mass of the “Garden of the Patriarchs” in the presence […]

MIRACLE WORKER? Mother Teresa: A Perfect Saint For Troubled Times

3 September 2016

ROME—A vial of blood, a splinter of wood from a confessional and two dubious medical miracles are the ingredients making Mother Teresa a saint not just figuratively but literally, and this Sunday in Rome she will be canonized with great fanfare. More than 100,000 tickets […]

Pope Francis hails volunteers on eve of Mother Teresa sainthood

3 September 2016

Pope Francis on Saturday denounced what he called the modern-day sin of indifference to hunger, exploitation and other suffering, while commending the example of Mother Teresa on the eve of a sainthood ceremony for the nun who cared for India’s destitute. Choosing “to not see […]

REPORT: Patriarch Rai from al-Qaa: Nothing protects Lebanon but the rule of law

3 September 2016

Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Beshara Boutros Rai visited the town of al-Qaa on Thursday where he headed a mass held as a tribute to the martyrs and wounded who were the victims of a recent massive wave of suicide bombings that targeted the village last month. […]

Youhanna X from Cyprus: For preserving Lebanon’s stability

30 August 2016

NNA – Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, Youhanna Yazigi X, currently in Cyprus, met with Cypriot President, Nicos Anastasiades, for talks on the general situation in the region and the present conditions of Christians in the Middle East. Patriarch Youhanna X […]

Messerattacke auf Polizisten in Hannover :aus der Schule ins Dchihad

30 August 2016

Die islamistische Radikalisierung einer Gymnasiastin in Hannover blieb nicht unbemerkt, die Messerattacke der IS-Sympathisantin auf einen Polizisten vermochten die Behörden aber nicht zu verhindern. Gegen die inzwischen 16-jährige Deutsch-Marokkanerin hat die Bundesanwaltschaft nun ein halbes Jahr nach der Tat Anklage wegen versuchten Mordes erhoben. Außerdem wird Safia […]

Derian: To return to national values

29 August 2016

NNA – Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul-Latif Derian called on Sunday for the return to the national constants and values, “so that the country becomes stable and the coexistence is preserved among the Lebanese.” Mufti’s stance came during a ceremony held in his honor in Dhour […]

Yaziji from Cyprus: Blackout on kidnapped Aleppo Archbishops’ case surprising!

29 August 2016

NNA – Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, Youhanna Yazigi, pursued on Sunday his visit to Cyprus, whereby he visited this morning the ancient St. Nicholas Monastery in Kakopetraa, which hosts the youth camp organized by the Church of Cyprus that brings […]

Sheikh of Azhar: Lebanon represents a tributary of culture and civilization for the entire Arab region

29 August 2016

NNA – Sheikh of al-Azhar, Grand Immam Ahmad Tayyib, said on Sunday that “Lebanon represents a stream of culture and civilization for the Arab region as a whole.” Immam Tayyib’s words came during his meeting with newly appointed Egyptian Ambassador to Lebanon, Nazih Najari, which […]