New S+L Documentary tackles Syrian Refugee Crisis

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Sebastian Gomes

It was not too long ago that we heard about the Syrian civil war every night on the news. As the original struggle of the Syrian people for greater liberty morphed into a violent tit-for-tat with Bashar al-Assad’s government, the eyes of the international community were fixed on the country, appalled daily by the skyrocketing […]

Syria: Paving a new road to Damascus

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Cheridan Sanders

The civil war in Syria has raged for over 16 months. Rebels have clashed with the government forces of President Bashar al-Assad resulting in the displacement of much of the country’s population. One man who has been left homeless by the conflict is Fr. Paolo Dall’Oglio, an Italian Jesuit who spent the last three decades […]