Religion

The Lebanese government has adopted Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s proposal to make the Feast of the Annunciation on March 25 a joint national holiday for Christians and Muslims, the Lebanese daily An-Nahar reported (in Arabic) on Friday. The Feast of the Annunciation, which is called […]

NNA – Beirut Maronite Archbishop Boulos Matar said, on Monday, that “France is capable of playing a crucial role in restoring peace in the region.” Presiding over Assumption Mass held at the Archdiocese Seat in Ain Saadeh marking Saint Mary’s Day and dedicated to France, […]

NNA – Maronite Patriarch, Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi, on Monday prayed for God the almighty to inspire local and international officials with the much-needed solutions to help people out of the existing crises that have been recently shaking different parts of the world. Rahi prayed […]

NNA – Maronite Patriarch Bshara Butros al-Rahi visited, on Sunday, the Convent of “Our Lady of Qannoubine” in the Holy Valley, where he presided over Assumption Mass marking Saint Mary’s Day, and inaugurated the “Hall of the Patriarchs” who lived at the Convent between 1440 […]

Überforderte Moscheen Für ihre Glaubensbrüder und Glaubensschwestern, die vor Krieg und Chaos fliehen mussten, haben sie ihre Türen geöffnet. Doch viele deutsche Moscheen haben sich dabei übernommen. Aus Hamburg informiert Naomi Conrad. Die Ventilatoren schwirren schwach über den bräunlich ausgeblichenen Teppichen. Nur ein winziger Sonnenstrahl […]

Pope Francis has visited 20 former prostitutes at a safe house in Rome where they had managed to find refuge from their pimps. The 79-year-old pontiff spent over an hour talking to the women, most of whom had been trafficked from Africa and eastern Europe. […]

NNA – Maronite Cardinal Mar Beshara Boutros Rahi, chaired today a mass service in Bkerki upon the Lebanese Army National Day, in presence of army Chief, General Jean Qahwaji, and a panel of dignitaries, National News Agency correspondent reported on Monday. Following his sermon, the […]

KRAKOW, Poland — Pope Francis, deeply saddened by the slaying of an elderly priest during Mass in a church in the French countryside, warned grimly Wednesday that the world is at war, but cautioned against labeling it a war among religions. At the start of […]

Assassiner un prêtre catholique dans son église, c’est frapper cruellement la France, la tétaniser par l’horreur du crime commis. Mais c’est aussi la frapper au plus profond, la blesser, à travers la communauté catholique, dans une de ses traditions spirituelles les plus anciennes. Avec l’ignoble […]