Aleppo Friar in Rome for Jubilee: 'We are living the dream of many Syrians'

2 Syrian girls share ‘moving testimony’ at Jubilee of Youth event

Thousands fill St. Peter’s Square for the Jubilee of Youth welcome Mass on July 29, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 1, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA). Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past we... [...]

Aleppo Friar in Rome for Jubilee: 'We are living the dream of many Syrians'

Arriving in Rome with some young people—refugees in Europe with their families due to the civil war that broke out in 2011—the Franciscan friar of the Custody of the Holy Land shares with Vatican Media the difficulties faced by the parish of St. Francis of Assisi following recent attacks. However, he also bears witness to the 'daily miracle' of a living Christian community of over 1,200 faithful, who continue to persevere with faith and hope. Re…