Representatives of Ireland's main Christian churches will explore and study the application of the Word of God to life and culture through 32 events at 15 venues.
"We are cut off, like an island, surrounded by jihadists from all sides", Syrian Catholic Archbishop relates, as ISIS lays siege to town.
The conflict in Syria could come to an end much more quickly if the US would pressure its allies to stop aiding extremist groups: Archbishop Jean-Clement Jeanbart of Aleppo.
Persecution is intensifying, Archbishop Neary warns, with ancient Christian communities driven from their lands through ethnic cleaning.
Bishop of Limerick tells Three Faiths Forum that religion has "a very valuable role to play in the transformation of conflict".
Since 15 March 2011, 210,000 people have been killed in the war in Syria, one million injured, and more than 4 million people have fled the country.
"Our society will really become human as we discover that the strong need the weak, just as the weak need the strong. We are all together working for the common good.”
ISIS has begun killing some of the 150 Christians taken hostage from villages in northeast Syria.
Lenten message calls believers to a new conversion - to believe in and live the communion of saints, to reach out to the poor and those 'far away'.
Speaking on World Day for Peace, Bishop of Cork & Ross says “Turning to violence in the name of religion is a perversion of everything that a religion stands for.”
The Pope says he follows daily reports of the “enormous suffering endured by many people in the Middle East.”
Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop Fouad Twal, appeals on behalf of the people of Gaza.
Church and civic leaders warn “These acts of violence are not isolated incidents."
Concerns that female prisoners being held in St George’s monastery are being abused there.
President of Caritas Syria, Bishop Antoine Audo SJ, describes conditions in Aleppo, ravaged by four years of conflict.
Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Michael Jackson, to launch Advent Appeal for Al Ahli Hospital on Tuesday.
New report reveals worrying concerns for people of faith in 116 of the world’s 196 countries.
Bishop Oliver Doeme of Maiduguri warns "There is a religious undertone to this whole mess.”
Pontiff and Vatican Secretary of State call for an adequate response to Christians' suffering by the international community to prevent new genocides.
Rebels linked to Jabhat Al-Nusra blamed for kidnappings close to Turkish border.
Donations received by Aid to the Church in Need are being distributed directly to parishes in Iraq and Syria.
Pontiff warns of urgent need to promote a dialogue of life with Muslims to discourage violence against Christians.
"We are seeing an extreme religious ideology that knows no limits in its persecution of those who are culturally or religiously different."
Report warns Assyrian Christians, Yazidis, Turkmen and Shabaks 'risk being wiped out'.
Sant'Egidio Community’s ‘Peace is the Future’ conference to dialogue against backdrop of the centenary of the First World War.
Faithful urged to walk to Mass on Sunday 31 August as a gesture of solidarity with persecuted Christians.
Vatican Council says “unspeakable criminal acts” committed by Sunni jihadists bring shame on humanity.
Religious Freedom Report notes that last year “the world witnessed the largest displacement of religious communities in recent memory”.
In his homily for Reek Sunday, Archbishop Neary questions if Christians “have become accustomed to Christianity being marginalised in the public domain."
Pontiff assures Christians of the Middle East of his closeness and constant prayer.
