The U.S.-led missile strikes on Syria are a show of force that will accomplish nothing in a country that has seen nothing but war for seven years.
Middle East
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Peace in Syria is impossible without U.S. military intervention
If the U.S. does not take this opportunity to strike the Assad regime, the lesson to every dictator will be that they can get away with any atrocity that keeps them in power.
Posted inFaith, Video
Pastor of Peace | America interviews David Neuhaus, S.J.
David Neuhaus was born to Jewish parents fleeing the Holocaust. Today, he’s a Jesuit priest working for Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Syrian people are still suffering. Here’s how Trump could help.
The Trump administration should reconsider its shortsighted and inhuman restrictions on refugee resettlement
Posted inFaith, News
Nebraska Knights of Columbus join effort to help persecuted Christians in Iraq, Syria
A small town Knights of Columbus council hopes to have a big impact halfway around the world.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Coptic Christians are key support for Egypt’s el-Sissi in upcoming presidential election
El-Sissi has already ensured his victory in the balloting that runs from March 26-28, after the imprisonment of three contenders and the withdrawals of four other opponents.
Posted inFaith, News
Jerusalem Christian leaders protest plan to tax churches
The churches have enjoyed an unofficial tax-exempt status for centuries.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Church leaders and U.N. officials decry escalating situation in Syria
As Syria’s war soon enters its eighth year, the conflict is escalating in the country’s north, between Turkey and the Kurds, and in the south, between Iran and Israel.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis and Turkey’s President Erdoğan discuss refugee issues, status of Jerusalem
In the period in between their two meetings, the Turkish leader squashed a weak attempt at a coup and has imprisoned thousands of opponents.
Posted inFaith, Features
Aramaic, the language of Jesus, comes to New Jersey
The language spoken by Jesus and kept alive by Syriac Christians finds an unlikely haven in Paramus, New Jersey.