Last December, my country finally threw off the chains of a hated, despotic regime. For many Syrians, it was a moment filled with hope – the belief that decades of repression had given way to a chance ...

Attacks and counterattacks between Israel and Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed militia, have created a dire situation for Christians in the Israel-Lebanon border region. Residents gather outside the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pope Leo XIV on Sunday rejected claims that God justifies war and prayed especially for Christians in the Middle East during a ...

Christians have been rooted in the Middle East as minority communities since the birth of the religion, but their numbers are dwindling amid conflict and jihadist attacks. Today they make up only four ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

BEIRUT — The Rev. Issam Ibrahim remembers when citrus orchards surrounded the Mar Youssef Maronite church in the southern suburbs of this city, where generations of Catholic families celebrated ...

Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has expressed deep concern over the security and humanitarian challenges posed by renewed violence in the Middle East, warning that the spiral of conflict could ...

Father Maurice El Khoury, left, leads Sunday Mass inside a room usually used as a residence for visiting bishops next to St. George Melkite Catholic Church, which was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike ...

The ancient monasteries of Mosul are rubble. Bethlehem’s Christian population has collapsed from 86% in 1950 to barely 10% today. Across the Middle East, Christian communities that predate Islam by ...

Lebanese Christians caught in crossfire of last year's war Pope's visit brings prayers for better days Catholics in Lebanon hope to remain rooted in villages RMEISH, Lebanon, Nov 24 (Reuters) - After ...

Editor: The recent letter bemoaning “No Christmas peace for Palestinians” reeks of misleading polemics and curious omissions (Dec. 21). Had Mary and Joseph wanted to take the same trek today from ...

Last December, my country finally threw off the chains of a hated, despotic regime. For many Syrians, it was a moment filled with hope – the belief that decades of repression had given way to a chance ...