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The United States must press the Syrian Transitional Government to bring the perpetrators of the Saint Elias Church attack to ...

During the Transfiguration, Jesus’ face “shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light” as the Father ...

Many know Becket Cook for rejecting his glamorous gay lifestyle and turning to Christ, but it took some important people in ...

Known as the “Apostle of the Nations”, Saint Paul was one of the greatest figures of early Christianity. A prolific writer and scholar, Paul travelled extensively, planting churches wherever he went.

The faithful gathered for a more than symbolic rite at St. Elias Orthodox Church in Damascus — the Feast of All Antiochian Saints. During this June 22 service, a jihadi ...

Pope John Paul II explains why St. Paul writes so much on suffering: “The Apostle shares his own discovery and rejoices in it because of all those whom it can help – just as it helped him ...

The faithful gathered for a more than symbolic rite at St. Elias Orthodox Church in Damascus — the Feast of All Antiochian Saints.

Turkey has longstanding relations with the rebels in Syria. The rebels’ progress stands to bolster Turkey’s sway over Syria’s future, especially with Russia occupied by war in Ukraine and ...