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Damascus, SANA- Ministry of Health received Monday four respirators donated by Pope Francis, which were delivered by the Apostolic Nuncio in Damascus, Cardinal Mario Zenari. Health Minister Dr. Hassan al-Ghobash, …

Damascus, SANA – President Bashar al-Assad on Monday received a letter from His Holiness Pope Francis, delivered by Cardinal Peter Turkson, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. …

Rome, SANA- Syria’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, Ambassador Hussam Eddin Ala called for lifting unilateral coercive measures imposed on the Syrian people. Ala, meeting Foreign Minister of …

Vatican, SANA – Pope Francis called for making concerted international efforts to rebuild trust in Syria in order to enable Syrian refugees to return home. In a speech Monday to …

Damascus, SANA – President Bashar al-Assad received a letter from Pope Francis delivered by Apostolic Nuncio to Syria, Cardinal Mario Zenari, who was received by the President on Monday. Pope …

Vatican, SANA-Pope Francis prayed for eternal rest to the victims of the recent terrorist bombings which took place in Tartous and Jableh. During his weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square, …

Vatican, SANA – Pope Francis expressed hope that cessation of fighting actions in Syria would lead to ending the five year-long crisis. Cessation of fighting actions started last Friday midnight …

Havana, SANA – The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, and Pope Francis signed a joint declaration after their first historic meeting in Havana, Cuba on Friday. They …

Sao Paulo, SANA – Catholic Archbishop of Sao Paulo, Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer, presided upon mass for peace in Syria and the Middle East at the Sao Paulo Cathedral upon …

Vatican, SANA – Pope Francis stressed Sunday that the mass killing of Armenians under Ottoman rule 100 years ago amounted to “genocide”. Speaking at a Vatican church service in Rome, …