VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will lead a number of major events at the end of August, starting with the creation of 20 new cardinals in St. Peter s Basilic
ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarchs and Bishops gathered in Aleppo: unsustainable geopolitical pressures on the peoples of the Middle East SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 2021-05-19 2021-03-04 2021-02-12 2021-01-22
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Syria and the entire Middle East continue to experience a time of pain and suffering, in which the appalling economic conditions and the dramatic exodus of the younger generations are intertwined with unsustainable geopolitical pressures that are exerted on the daily lives of all the peoples of the region. This is the scenario faced by the Patriarchs and Bishops gathered in Aleppo, at the headquarters of the Apostolic Vicariate for Catholics of the Latin Rite, to participate in the Council of Heads of Catholic Churches present in Syria. The Assembly began on Tuesday, May 18, and its various sessions will last until Thursday, May 20.