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John Paul II Foundation / Magazine (Page 10)

To speak of the Christian Churches in Syria is to sketch a living tradition that has its roots in the first generation of Christianity; over the centuries, this tradition has been articulated into different denominations that have been able to find a modus vivendi that has allowed them to live out their faith experience in confrontation with the political authorities that have ruled Syria, defining a doctrine and ritual...

 School has just ended at Bethlehem's "Effetà Paul VI" Institute, and 7, including boys and girls, have reached their long-awaited maturity after years of toil. It is an important moment in their lives, launched into a future full of hope. They come from different parts of Palestine:...

"Don't you recognize him?" I had just arrived at the Franciscan convent in Aleppo when a tall, young guy with big glasses, a garish shirt, and a smile that struck me, hugged me tightly. He was Riad Jallouf and I knew him. We had met years earlier with his wife Kinda Tauil. That long hug in Aleppo was the only "infraction" I made to the anti-Covid rules....

"I believe in all forms of study, insight and protest against the Mafia. The mafia feeds on a culture and spreads it: the culture of lawlessness. The underlying culture of the Mafia is the selling out of the value of human dignity. And speeches, the spread of a different culture, are of great importance. But we have to be very careful that we don't stop at protests, marches, denunciations. If we stop at that, they are just words. Words must be validated by deeds" (Blessed Giuseppe Puglisi)....

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