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

Archbishop Samir Nassar closed his June 24-30 visit from Damascus, Syria, to the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis by celebrating the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul with Archbishop Bernard ...

Syria announced on Tuesday evening the arrest of all members of the terrorist ISIS (Daesh) cell responsible for the weekend bombing of a Greek Orthodox church in the capital Damascus. At a press ...

“As he journeyed, he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul,why are you persecuting Me?” (Acts ...

On their way to Damascus, Saul and his band of merry men were struck down by a blinding light, and as they shielded their eyes, they heard a voice say, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? (Acts 9:4) ...

There’s little evidence the governor has walked the biblical Damascus road – where Saul became Paul after encountering Christ – but rather is considering his path to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The hard ...

On the road to Damascus, Saul encountered love incarnate in Jesus Christ, whose being of love was blinding. When we encounter love, we can be stopped dead in our tracks, knocked down to the ground, ...

Williams will be present at the performance on May 24 at Farm Arts Collective. In the play Grandmother is an incarcerated woman who tells the story of Saul/Paul’s conversion experience to her ...

The question “Was Paul saved on the road to Damascus?” would be easy for most people to answer if they were familiar with the Bible. Upon reading and studying Acts 9:1-18 (cf. Acts 22:6-13 ...

Israel's military said Friday it launched air strikes near the presidential palace in Damascus after the country's defence minister threatened intervention if Syrian authorities failed to protect the ...