Pope Leo XIV condemned the suicide bombing at a Damascus church, calling it "a cowardly terrorist attack" as he appealed to the international community not to give up on Syria.
As Syria marks fourteen years of conflict and the first anniversary of the 2023 earthquake that killed over 50,000 people, Deacon Saad Mounir Antti highlights his homeland's struggles.
This massive earthquake was a devastating catastrophe, adding to the misery and despair caused by eleven years of war.
It's been only two months since, on Feb. 6, two consecutive earthquakes, the strongest recorded so far, shook southeast Turkey and parts of Syria.