Syria – NZ Catholic Newspaper / The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:43:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.5 Pope writes to Syrian president, pleading for peace and aid corridors /2016/12/14/pope-writes-syrian-president-pleading-peace-aid-corridors/ /2016/12/14/pope-writes-syrian-president-pleading-peace-aid-corridors/#respond Wed, 14 Dec 2016 00:49:25 +0000 /?p=14327 VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis urged Syrian President Bashar Assad to do everything possible to end the war in his country, to protect civilians and to ensure humanitarian agencies can deliver emergency aid to the people. Syria’s SANA news agency reported Assad met Dec. 12 with new Cardinal Mario Zenari, the papal nuncio to

The post Pope writes to Syrian president, pleading for peace and aid corridors appeared first on NZ Catholic Newspaper.

]]> VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis urged Syrian President Bashar Assad to do everything possible to end the war in his country, to protect civilians and to ensure humanitarian agencies can deliver emergency aid to the people.echo $variable;

The post Pope writes to Syrian president, pleading for peace and aid corridors appeared first on NZ Catholic Newspaper.

]]> /2016/12/14/pope-writes-syrian-president-pleading-peace-aid-corridors/feed/ 0 Pope honours Jesuit killed in Syria, pleads for end to violence /2014/04/10/pope-honours-jesuit-killed-in-syria-pleads-for-end-to-violence/ /2014/04/10/pope-honours-jesuit-killed-in-syria-pleads-for-end-to-violence/#respond Wed, 09 Apr 2014 22:38:59 +0000 /?p=6332 By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis said the assassination of “my confrere,” a 75-year-old Dutch Jesuit in Syria, “filled me with deep sadness and made me think again of all the people who suffer and are dying in that martyred country.” Jesuit Father Frans van der Lugt “arrived in Syria about 50

The post Pope honours Jesuit killed in Syria, pleads for end to violence appeared first on NZ Catholic Newspaper.

]]> By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis said the assassination of “my confrere,” a 75-year-old Dutch Jesuit in Syria, “filled me with deep sadness and made me think again of all the people who suffer and are dying in that martyred country.”echo $variable;

The post Pope honours Jesuit killed in Syria, pleads for end to violence appeared first on NZ Catholic Newspaper.

]]> /2014/04/10/pope-honours-jesuit-killed-in-syria-pleads-for-end-to-violence/feed/ 0