Jean-Clement Jeanbart

Syrian Archbishop: “We expect Christians in the West to help us. They do not”

By David Gibson — May 4, 2015
NEW YORK (RNS) American Christians know so little about their fellow believers in the region, or even that such Christians exist, that Middle East church leaders like Aleppo Archbishop Jean-Clement Jeanbart face an uphill battle.

Syrian Catholic leader pleads with US Christians not to forget his threatened church

By David Gibson — April 29, 2015
NEW YORK (RNS) “We are in grave danger; we may disappear soon,” Archbishop Jean-Clement Jeanbart said in trying to keep one of the world's original Christian communities from vanishing.

Religious leaders push for kidnapped bishops’ release

By Michele Chabin — April 30, 2013
JERUSALEM (RNS) Religious leaders are pressing for the release of two Orthodox bishops who were kidnapped outside war-torn Aleppo, Syria, saying their plight reflects the insecurity of Syria's Christian population.
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