By Catholic News Service BROOKLYN, N.Y. (CNS) — A Dutch Jesuit in the besieged Syrian city of Homs said those who remain are facing shortages of food and fuel — even abandoned homes have no f...
By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Governments and nongovernmental agencies are struggling to keep up with the needs and pressures created by the displacement of nearly ...
By Judith Sudilovsky Catholic News Service JERUSALEM (CNS) — Christians in Syria are continuing to be targeted by outside fundamentalist groups who have joined the country’s long civil war, s...
VATICAN CITY — Only dialogue and negotiations can repair “the human tragedy” that continues to unfold in Syria, Pope Francis said today at his weekly general audience. He urged people to co...
https://cnssyria.wordpress.com/2013/09/18/sanctions-hurting-pediatric-heart-patients-in-syria/
By Doreen Abi Raad Catholic News Service BEIRUT (CNS) — The misery experienced by Mariam and husband, Ephrem, and their three young children is just one example of hundreds of thousands of Chri...
By Marian Cowhig Owen Catholic News Service GREENSBORO, N.C. (CNS) — Flour. Water. Yeast. Salt. With time and heat, a few simple ingredients can become a nourishing loaf of bread. And a communi...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis isn’t only using traditional means of public addresses and diplomatic machinery to prevent military intervention in Syria. Like the young people during the A...
https://cnssyria.wordpress.com/2013/09/11/papal-peace-with-a-hashtag/
Catholic leaders are urging the U.S. to find a diplomatic solution to bring safety to the people of Syria.
https://cnssyria.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/video-the-church-seeks-diplomacy-in-syria/
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — While standing in solidarity with the church and people of Syria, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Administrative Committee echoed the plea...
By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Retired Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington, back from a recent trip to Jordan, said four essential elements to any long-range...
By Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) — Military strikes on Syria are unjustified and will create a far larger humanitarian disaster for people already suffering from hunger, displacement and...
By James Martone Catholic News Service ISTANBUL (CNS) — Tanil Kahiaian, a refugee from the Syrian city of Aleppo, said he is doing what he can for the others fleeing his country. He, his wife a...
By Richard Szczepanowski Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — As American policymakers debated military intervention in Syria, Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl joined Pope Francis and Catholics aro...
By Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis is leading the Catholic Church on an extraordinary campaign to prevent President Barack Obama’s proposed military s...
https://cnssyria.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/for-the-pope-making-peace-is-now-part-of-the-job/
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The latest statistics out by the United Nations’ High Commissioner for Refugees say that more than 2 million Syrians have fled their country with countless others interna...
https://cnssyria.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/children-at-risk-of-becoming-a-lost-generation/
By Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Leading a crowd in prayer for peace in Syria, Pope Francis said that war is ultimately caused by selfishness, which can be overcom...
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — For the thousands of people who turned out for a solemn vigil in St. Peter’s Square, the power of prayer and hopes for peace are stil...
By Catholic News Service WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CNS) — The president of the Franciscan Foundation for the Holy Land said his Christian counterparts in the region worry that U.S. strikes in Syri...
By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Even with just war theory as a guide, the answers remain murky to moral and ethical questions about whether a military strike is the a...
Originally posted on CNS Blog : A new report from the Caritas Lebanon Migrant Center takes an in-depth look at the situation of older Syrian refugees in Lebanon. “We know from experience that ...
https://cnssyria.wordpress.com/2013/09/06/examining-the-needs-of-some-overlooked-syrian-refugees/