‘Disease has captured us,’ says Jesuit priest in Homs
A Dutch Jesuit in the besieged Syrian city of Homs said those who remain are facing shortages of food and fuel — even abandoned homes have no food left. Jesuit Father Frans van der Lugt wrote in a...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 03/02/14
“Every consecrated person is a gift for the People of God,” Pope Francis said at the Angelus yesterday (full text, full video). The elderly should share their wisdom and not “keep it in a museum”, the...
View ArticlePeople are starving to death in Homs, say Syrian refugees
Syrians fleeing to neighbouring Jordan from the besieged central city of Homs said some people there are starving to death. “People are dying of hunger especially, babies and young children,” said Um...
View ArticleAction is being taken to help Christians in the Middle East
On the morning of April 7, Dutch Jesuit priest Frans Van Der Lugt was most likely in meditation, as was his custom, when gunmen burst into his monastery in the old part of the Syrian town of Homs. They...
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A most annoying martyr
Let me paint a scene for you. It’s September 2009 and the Ignatian family has gathered from all over Syria at Al-ard, an agricultural project and retreat centre near Homs, where Fr Frans van der Lugt...
View ArticleJesuit priest killed in Syria should be canonised, says friend
A priest killed in Syria while caring for the people there should be considered for canonisation, a fellow Jesuit has said. Fr Frans van der Lugt was killed by an unknown sniper in April last year at...
View ArticleWill Russia’s ‘holy war’ save Syria’s Christians?
The war in Syria has taken a significant turn these past few months, with the migrant crisis and the intervention of Russia. Even a few months ago one might have expected Bashar al-Assad’s downfall,...
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