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Pope Francis, the 88-year-old head of the 1.4-billion-member Roman Catholic Church, is in hospital being treated for double ...

For the first time in three decades, Rabbi Joseph Hamra and his son Henry read from a Torah scroll in a synagogue in the heart of Syria's capital Damascus, carefully passing their thumbs over the ...

Jewish Rabbi Yusuf Hamra, who was forcibly displaced from Syria in 1992, has returned to Damascus after 33 years. Following ...

Mr. Marshall Paul Brunson of Damascus died Wednesday, February 12, 2025, at his residence. Funeral services were held Sunday, February 16, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. at Colquitt First Baptist Church with Rev.

Fouad Jakiche Fouad Jakiche was born on April 23, 1932, in Damascus, Syria, and transitioned to Heaven peacefully in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Sunday, February 9, 2025. Fouad was a ...

Pastor Paula White has found herself in the inner circle of President Donald Trump, but her relationship history is much rockier than you might think.

From left, Pastor Paula White, pastoral advisor to President Trump, gives U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue a high five ...

And Trump also issued an executive order forming a White House faith office and appointed controversial Florida pastor Paula ...

What is one to make of only the second Catholic vice president in U.S. history lashing out at his own bishops?

Palestinians fled the 1948 Mideast War and took refuge in neighboring Syria. After 77 years, they're still waiting to go back. They are telling Palestinians in Gaza to stay put.

John William Culpepper John was born October 30, 1967 in Montgomery County, Maryland, to Mabel Claire Bondurant Culpepper and James William Culpepper. His father James "Jim" worked for the Atomic ...