LF: The hybrid law is the best opportunity for consensus

Lebanese Forces MP Elie Keyrouz declared on Saturday from the parliament that the hybrid draft law that was agreed on between the LF, Future Movement and PSP and backed by the Independent MPs is “the best opportunity to reach political consensus”, (more…)

Iranian Christian Prisoner Denied Surgery

A Christian prisoner suffering internal bleeding has been denied proper medical attention in Iran, according to Barnabas Aid.

According to his prison doctors, Vahid Hakkani — who has been detained since his arrest in February 2012 — urgently needs surgery, but Iranian officials have refused to transfer him to a hospital. (more…)

Geagea brands Aoun as ‘worst thing for Christians’

During a press conference on Thursday Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea slammed Free patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun, branded him as the worst thing that ever haoppened to the Christians of Lebanon. (more…)

Pope Francis gives church hundreds of new saints

Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peter’s Square. (more…)

Jordan Parliament demands gov’t expel Israeli envoy

Jordan’s Parliament voted to expel Israel’s ambassador, Petra news agency reported . The parliament also demanded that the Jordanian government should expel Israel’s ambassador (more…)

30 killed in Christian-Muslim ethnic clashes in Nigeria

ABUJA: Clashes between rival ethnic groups have killed at least 30 people in eastern Nigeria’s Taraba state since they erupted on Friday, police said.

Members of the Jukun ethnic group were marching through the small commercial town of Wukari to a funeral, when an argument broke out with local Hausa and Fulani youths, (more…)

2 arrested by Lebanon army for vandalizing a Church

The Lebanese Army announced that the its Intelligence Bureau arrested on Wednesday Lebanese citizen Jamal al-Ali, aka Jamil Yassine and Syrian national Omar Homsi for vandalizing and and throwing eggs at the Saint Michael’s Church in the Mazraa district of Beirut, LBC reported on Wednesday . (more…)

Pope: Muslim Christian friendship in Lebanon a sign of hope

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis praised the ‘‘friendship of so many Muslim brothers’’ during the Good Friday procession that re-enacts Jesus Christ’s crucifixion and this year was dedicated to the plight of Christians in the Middle East.

The nighttime Way of the Cross procession at Rome’s Colosseum is one of the most dramatic rituals of Holy Week, when Christians commemorate the death and resurrection of Christ. (more…)

Lebanon’s sectarian system is in danger of falling apart

IN THEORY Lebanon is an independent republic and in theory a democracy, which in theory rests upon a fair division of spoils between some 17 officially recognised religious “sects”. As long as everyone suspends disbelief, the tiny country and its enterprising people thrive. But then reality comes knocking. In 1975 it came in the form of a 15-year-long civil war that left Lebanon shattered (more…)

Egyptian Muslim sentenced to death for killing 2 Christians

An Egyptian court sentenced a Muslim man to death Monday for killing two Christians during a clash in Upper Egypt in November 2011. (more…)