Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople said he will host Pope Francis in 2025 and they will go together to Iznik, Turkey, to celebrate the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea.
Commemorating the first anniversary of the "Disaster of the Century" brought unrest and anger in Turkey, where over 50,000 people died in a deadly earthquake that hit the country on Feb. 6, 2023. In neighboring Syria, 6,000 people died.
In Antakya, capital of
ISTANBUL (OSV News) -- Pope Francis has expressed his closeness to the small Catholic community in Turkey after gunmen attacked a church during Sunday morning Mass Jan. 28, leaving at least one worshipper dead. The shooting occurred just before noon at the
Isolating Syria from the international community through sanctions "benefits no one" and complicates relief efforts to the millions left homeless after earthquakes devasted the country, said a top Vatican official who visited Turkey and Syria.
"We are still in the middle of this
Catholic charities sending millions in aid to an ailing Syria and Turkey after deadly earthquake
Following the Feb. 6 earthquake that left more than 40,000 dead and thousands more injured or homeless, humanitarian needs in Turkey and Syria are desperate
If a normal picture is worth 1,000 words, the photos coming out of southeastern Turkey and northern Syria after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake Feb. 6 were worth that and then some. As Gretchen Crowe, editor-in-chief of OSV News, writes in her latest column,
Catholic humanitarian agencies are launching emergency relief campaigns following Feb. 6's devastating earthquakes in Syria and Turkey, which have so far killed more than 11,200 and injured upward of 40,900.
The number of dead and injured was expected to climb further as rescue
Pope Francis expressed his "spiritual closeness" and "solidarity" with those affected by a pair of powerful earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria Feb. 6.
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake as measured by the U.S. Geological Survey hit southern Turkey before dawn Feb. 6 wreaking
‘A crisis within multiple crises’: Amid ongoing civil war, Syrians face mass casualties from 7.8-magnitude quake
AMMAN, Jordan (OSV News) — Catholic and other humanitarian agencies are calling Monday’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake and a second tremor striking southern Turkey and northern Syria “tragic” and are appealing for aid. They are assisting Syrians in the north of the country
Over 1,500 dead as 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocks Turkey, Syria; Caritas offices destroyed in Turkish Iskanderun
A powerful earthquake struck Turkey and Syria in the early morning hours of Feb. 6, killing hundreds and leaving thousands more wounded.
The earthquake struck southern Turkey’s Gaziantep and Kahramanmaras provinces and northwestern Syria as many still sleeping were awakened and rushed outside