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Pallbearers carry the coffin of a victim of Sunday’s suicide bombing at Mar Elias Greek Orthodox Church during a funeral service at al-Saleeb Church in the al-Qasaa neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (Credit: Omar Sanadiki/AP.)

Pope Leo says terrorist attack on Greek Orthodox church in Syria is ‘vile’

Jun 25
Charles Collins

Demonstrators chant slogans and wave the new Syrian flag as they gather for Friday prayers at the Umayyad mosque in Damascus, Syria, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (Credit: Leo Correa/AP.)

European bishops urge investment in peace, rebuilding in Syria

Feb 20
Elise Ann Allen

Opposition fighters celebrate in Damascus, Syria, Sunday Dec. 8, 2024. (Credit: Hussein Malla/AP.)

Archbishop says Christians have a role to play in the new Syria

Dec 18, 2024
Crux Staff

An opposition fighter steps on a broken bust of the late Syrian President Hafez Assad in Damascus, Syria, Sunday Dec. 8, 2024. (Credit: Hussein Malla/AP.)

Argentinian priest in Aleppo says Christians are not being targeted

Dec 11, 2024
Eduardo Campos Lima

Syrians celebrate the fall of Bashar Assad’s government in the town of Bar Elias, Lebanon, near the border with Syria, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (Credit: Hassan Ammar/AP.)

There may be hope for Syrian Christians, but don’t expect them to join the party yet

Dec 8, 2024
John L. Allen Jr.

Syrian opposition fighters burn government Syrian flags for the cameras next to Aleppo’s old city, Saturday Nov. 30, 2024. (Credit: Ghaith Alsayed/AP.)

Christian leaders fearful after Islamist advance in Syria

Dec 3, 2024
Crux Staff

Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, waves to his supporters at a polling station during the Presidential elections in the town of Douma, in the eastern Ghouta region, near the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, May 26, 2021.(Credit: Hassan Ammar/AP.)

As Syria’s civil war marks 13th anniversary, and entire generation loses education

Mar 14, 2024
Charles Collins

Young people in Syria, Lebanon, to mark WYD at home

Jul 24, 2023
Crux Staff

POTUS and Pope are at odds, but it’s not the fight conservatives wanted

May 21, 2023
John L. Allen Jr.

Papal aides scramble to deliver relief to quake victims in Turkey, Syria

Feb 20, 2023
Elise Ann Allen

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