Syria blamed the Islamic State group — entered with a rifle and began firing. As worshippers tackled him, he detonated an ...

Archbishop Samir Nassar closed his June 24-30 visit from Damascus, Syria, to the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis by celebrating the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul with Archbishop Bernard ...

The persecution of Christians in Syria, such as the suicide bombing that killed 25 at a Damascus Orthodox church in June, is ...

Feast of the Holy, Glorious, and All-Praiseworthy Chiefs of the Apostles, Peter and Paul - Feasts of the Church ...

The first funeral services for the victims of a jihadi suicide bombing inside a Damascus church were held as Syrian Christians have been left deeply traumatized by the horrific massacre during ...

Syria's Interior Ministry says the sleeper cell behind a deadly church explosion near Damascus belonged to the Islamic State ...

The suicide bombing at St. Elias Greek Orthodox Church in Damascus that killed more than 20 worshippers on Sunday (June 22) and injured dozens more is a tragic reminder of the vulnerability of Syria’s ...

This afternoon, the funerals of the victims of the massacre were presided over by Greek Orthodox Patriarch John X Yazigi. The ...

Several early popes were born in Syria, and Pope John Paul II visited Damascus in 2001, even entering the Umayyad Mosque - the only pope ever to cross the threshold of a mosque.

To offer examples from downtown St. Paul: Today’s iconic Landmark Center, full of museums and event spaces, was originally a courthouse and post office.

When St. Paul speaks of "the obedience of faith," he is referring to what happened to him on the road to Damascus, when the Lord appeared and "did not take away his freedom, but gave him the ...