Historic Encounter in Damascus: Catholic Bishops Meet New Syrian Islamist Leader Amid Post-Assad Transition
In a groundbreaking meeting symbolizing Syria’s fragile transition, Catholic bishops and Franciscan friars from the Custody of the Holy Land...
, on December 31, 2024, at the presidential palace in Damascus. This encounter, following the December 8 fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, marked a historic milestone after over five decades of Assad family rule.){kind=link}