Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Tag Archives: POPE FRANCIS
Pope says ‘happy to write new page in history’ with UAE visit
:: Pope Francis said he was looking to write a new page in the history of relations between religions with his visit to the United Arab Emirates from Sunday. “I am happy … to write on your dear land a
Pope Francis decries new attacks in Syria’s Daraa province
:: Pope Francis has decried intensified attacks in southern Syria, asking that people there be spared more suffering. In remarks on Sunday at the Vatican, Francis cited Syria’s Daraa province, where a government offensive that began June 19 has killed
Pope Francis, Muslim World League Secretary discuss interfaith coexistence
:: Pope Francis received the Secretary General of the Muslim World League Dr. Mohammed bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa, who is currently visiting the Vatican. During the meeting, both exchanged views on a number of issues of common interest, which are
Pope laments “persecutions” of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar
:: Pope Francis is decrying persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and praying they receive “full rights.” The pontiff said on Sunday there was “sad news about the persecution of the religious minority of our Rohingya brothers.” Thousands of Rohingya
Pope says more Christian martyrs today than in ancient times
:: Pope Francis has prayed for the Coptic Christians in killed in Egypt by militants, saying that today there are more Christian martyrs for the faith than in ancient times. During a visit Saturday to the Italian port city of
Trump: ‘Bloodletting of Christians must end’
:: it is up to all who value life to confront and defeat this evil.” Hours earlier, masked men in three pick-up trucks had attacked a bus carrying Coptic Christians on a visit to a monastery south of Cairo. There
Pope declares Fatima child shepherds who ‘saw Virgin Mary’ saints
:: Two young shepherds who had visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago in Fatima, a Portuguese site now a global draw for pilgrims, were declared saints Saturday by Pope Francis. “We declare the blissful Francisco Marto and Jacinta
Pope’s meeting with Myanmar’s Suu Kyi leads to diplomatic ties
:: The Vatican and Myanmar established full diplomatic relations on Thursday, minutes after Pope Francis met with the country’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. The surprise move means that the Vatican will have much more diplomatic influence in Myanmar, which
Security tight as Pope Francis celebrates open-air mass in Cairo
Pope Francis celebrated a Mass in Cairo on Saturday, the last day of a brief visit during which he urged Muslim leaders to unite against religious violence as Islamic militants threaten to rid the Middle East of its ancient Christian
Pope Francis greets people of Egypt with ‘Assalam Alaikum’
Pope Francis greeted the people of Egypt saying “Assalam Alaikum” (the Islamic greeting meaning “peace be with you”) at the Al Azhar institution in Cairo on Friday. The hall of people attending his speech responded with massive applause. “Let us
Pope Francis at Al Azhar: Religious leaders must unite to defeat ‘barbarity’
Leaders of all faiths should unite in renouncing religious extremism and counter the “barbarity of those who foment hatred and violence,” Pope Francis said on Friday at the start of a two-day visit to Cairo. “Let us say once more
Pope Francis likens some refugee centers to ‘concentration camps’
Pope Francis on Saturday described some of Europe’s refugee centres as “concentration camps” as he paid tribute to an unknown Christian woman slain for her faith in front of her Muslim husband. “These refugee camps — so many are concentration
Pope decries ‘vile’ attack on Syrians in Easter address
On Christianity’s most joyful day, Pope Francis lamented the horrors generated by war and hatred, delivering an Easter Sunday message that also decried the “latest vile” attack on civilians in Syria. Both in his impromptu homily during Mass in St.
Egyptian family carry cross in Easter ritual as pope deplores global unrest
Pope Francis deplored the suffering of migrants, victims of racism and persecuted Christians as some 20,000 worshippers gathered at Rome’s Colosseum to hear his Good Friday prayer. This year an Egyptian couple and their three young daughters carried a large
Pope Francis decries Egypt church bombing
Pope Francis has decried a deadly attack on a Coptic church in Egypt during Palm Sunday celebrations, just weeks before his planned visit to Cairo. The pontiff expressed his “deep condolences to my brother, Pope Tawadros II, the Coptic church
Pope praises British Muslim leaders
Pope Francis met briefly Wednesday with a delegation of four British Muslim clerics and praised their contribution to dialogue between different faiths and cultures. “I like to think that the most important job we have to do between us, as
American teen pleads guilty to ISIS-inspired plot to kill pope
A New Jersey teen pleaded guilty Monday to a plot allegedly inspired by ISIS to kill Pope Francis during his 2015 visit to the United States. The US Justice Department said Santos Colon, 15 years old at the time, sought
Pope sends 100,000 euros to poor of Aleppo
Pope Francis has sent 100,000 euros ($106,090) to the poor in the ravaged Syrian city of Aleppo, a Vatican spokeswoman said in a statement on Friday. The Vatican administration, known as the Curia, contributed to the donation, which will be
Loading ...
You must be logged in to post a comment.