Fadi Hanna

3 weeks ago | hcef.org | Olivier Bonnel |Kielce Gussie |Fadi Hanna

Syria’s transitional president Ahmed al-Sharaa signed a constitutional declaration on March 13. With it, the former regime and constitution were abolished and elections set to take place within “four to five years.”This came in the context of a month marked by the massacre of almost 1,600 people—mainly Alawite—in the western part of the country by the armed forces of the transitional government, supported by radical Islamic sects.

4 weeks ago | hcef.org | Tom Westcott |Fadi Hanna

In a Baghdad neighbourhood famous for a Shia Muslim pilgrimage, there stands a tiny whitewashed Catholic church, lovingly brought back to life from dereliction by a lone Iraqi Christian committed to preserving faith and history. Illuminated by fairy lights along its walls, visitors often come in the evenings. One night, a knock on the outer gate reveals two young Sunni Muslim women. “I love Mother Mary, and I love this place,” one of them says.

4 weeks ago | hcef.org | Charles Collins |Fadi Hanna

A ceasefire established in January between Israel and Hamas broke down on Tuesday, after Israel launched airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, killing over 400 Palestinians. The territory’s health ministry says women and children are among the dead in the surprise bombardment, which seems to be renewing a 17-month-old conflict that began after Gaza attacked Israel in October 2023.

4 weeks ago | hcef.org | Victoria Isabel Cardiel |Fadi Hanna

The parish priest of Holy Family Parish in Gaza says the Israel Defence Force’s latest attacks on Gaza, following the breakdown of the truce between Israel and Hamas, were close to his parish. Source: CNA. Fr Gabriel Romanelli told Vatican News the bombings on Tuesday occurred just 300 or 400 meters  from the church, awakening the faithful and causing a growing sense of insecurity throughout the community. “The bombings woke us up; they were very close.

1 month ago | hcef.org | Andrés Henríquez |Fadi Hanna

The Greek-Catholic archbishop of Homs, Jean-Abdo Arbach, condemned the massacres of civilians that occurred in Syria last weekend — which left at least 1,000 dead — and urged Christians to maintain hope for an end to the violence and a return to unity and reconciliation.