On Dec. 4 we celebrate St. John of Damascus, also known as St. John Damascene. A priest and religious, he became a doctor of the Church. He’s also the last Church Father. Here are seven things ...

St. John of Capistrano was canonized in 1724 ... 19th-century founders of religious orders and the 11 “Martyrs of Damascus” as saints. Each of the four Gospel writers — Matthew, Mark ...

He also received his master's degree from St. John's University in 2021 ... swiftly toppled Bashar al-Assad in a 10-day march to Damascus, appeared in a video message celebrating the victory.

of St. John of Damascus, the last of the Church Fathers. Five popes were from Byzantine Syria. Damascus was also, for a century, the capital of an Islamic empire stretching from Spain to Central Asia.

They were killed in Syria during Ottoman Empire and symbols of Christian persecution Pope Francis waves from his popemobile after the weekly Angelus prayers, at the Saint Peter's Square in the ...