Damage after the Aug. 4, 2020, Beirut explosion. (photo: Mehr News Agency / CC BY SA 4.0) Victoria Cardiel/CNA Vatican August 4, 2025 ...

BEIRUT - A deadly suicide bombing at a church outside Damascus, which Syrian authorities have blamed on the Islamic State, has revived worries that extremists might exploit Syria’s fragile peace ...

The day after last month's deadly suicide attack on a church outside Syria's capital, hundreds of Christians marched in Damascus chanting against foreign fighters and calling for them to leave the ...

A papal trip to Lebanon was long discussed under Pope Francis, but the country’s political and economic crises complicated planning.

Pope Leo plans to visit Lebanon, the country's senior Catholic official announced on Wednesday, in what could be the first ...

Pope Leo XIV is preparing to travel to Lebanon later this year, in what could be his first journey abroad since being elected ...

A Syrian man reacts inside Mar Elias church where a suicide bomber detonated himself in Dweil'a in the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Sunday June 22, 2025. Credit: AP ...

Syria’s top Greek Orthodox religious authority has called the church bombing the worst crime against Christians in Damascus since 1860, when thousands were massacred within days by Muslim attackers.

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The death toll from a suicide bomb attack on a church in Syria at the weekend has risen to 25, state media said Monday. The attack Sunday on the Mar Elias Greek Orthodox ...

Syria's top Greek Orthodox religious authority has called the church bombing the worst crime against Christians in Damascus since 1860, when thousands were massacred within days by Muslim attackers.

Mourners carry the coffin of a victim of the June 22 suicide bombing at Mar Elias Church during a funeral service at al-Saleeb Church in the al-Qasaa neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, June 24, 2025.