Atchaneh (Agencia Fides) - Un encuentro sin precedentes, y en cierto modo histórico, entre los Jefes de las Iglesias de tradición siríaca, para discutir y reflexionar juntos sobre las emergencias y los problemas que afrontan las comunidades cristianas en Oriente Medio, a la luz de la herencia espiritual común y de la enseñanza de los Padres de la Iglesia. Esta es la singular reunión eclesial convocada hoy, viernes 16 de diciembre, en Atchaneh (Líbano), en la sede del Patriarcado sirio ortodoxo. A la reunión, convocada por el Patriarca sirio ortodoxo Mar Ignatius Aphrem II, asistirán, entre otros, el Patriarca sirio católico Ignace Youssif III Younan, el Patriarca maronita Béchara Boutros Raï, el Patriarca asirio Mar Awa III y el Patriarca caldeo Luis Raphael Sako.
 
The World Council of Churches (WCC) has been actively engaged since 2017 with the churches and different religious leaders in Iraq to promote social cohesion as a means towards sustainable peace.
 
Atchaneh (Agenzia Fides) - An unprecedented and in some respects historic meeting between the leaders of the Churches of the Syriac tradition, to discuss and reflect together on the emergencies and problems faced by Christian communities in the Middle East, in the light of the common spiritual heritage and of the teaching of the Fathers of the Church. This is the only ecclesial meeting convened today, Friday, December 16, at Atchaneh (Lebanon), at the headquarters of the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate. The meeting, convened by the Syriac-Orthodox Patriarch Mar Ignatius Aphrem II, sees the participation, among others, of the Syriac-Catholic Patriarch Ignace Youssif III Younan, the Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Raï, the Assyrian Patriarch Mar Awa III and the Chaldean Patriarch Luis Raphael Sako. 
 
Pope Francis has recognized the martyrdom of a married couple with seven children who were killed by the Nazis for hiding a Jewish family in their home in Poland.
 
On December 16 the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Bulgarian Patriarchate posted the results of its meeting on December 13. The results are as follows: