Get Aleteia delivered to your inbox. Subscribe here
The world and your Catholic life, all in one place.
Subscribe to Aleteia's free newsletter!

More from Aleteia

Nicholas Senz
The trap that Satan sets us when we are trying to find God’s will
Cerith Gardiner
14 Famous people whose lives were shaped by their Catholic education
Philip Kosloski
Thousands of Catholics return to Mass after watching these TV commercials
Fr. Antonio Maria Cardenas, ORC
This is what it’s like to see an angel

Not Prepared to Donate?

Here are 5 ways you can still help Aleteia:

  1. Pray for our team and the success of our mission
  2. Talk about Aleteia in your parish
  3. Share Aleteia content with friends and family
  4. Turn off your ad blockers when you visit
  5. Subscribe to our free newsletter and read us daily
Thank you!
Team Aleteia

Subscribe

Aleteia
Pray
Editor's choice
Newsletter

Turkey

This abandoned city was once known as “the city of 1001 churches”

It once competed in splendor with Cairo and Constantinople, but all its inhabitants left in the 14th and 15th centuries.

Christians in northeast Syria fear Turkish invasion

Turkey apparently wants to rout the Kurds across the border, but Syriac population is in the middle.

Turkey to see first new church construction in 100 years

Turkish president speaks at groundbreaking ceremony for Mor Efrem Syriac Orthodox church.

Meet the cave in Turkey where Saint Peter celebrated Mass

The “grotto of St. Peter” in Antioch is considered one of the first churches of Christianity

Remembering Fr. Andrea Santoro, Italian missionary martyred in Turkey

Martyr Fr. Santoro felt called to work as a missionary in Turkey where he was killed, Bible in hand.

The day a 1,500-year-old underground Byzantine church was found in Turkey

Unearthed in the central Turkish region of Cappadocia, the unique church contains remarkable frescoes.

You can visit the ruins of 3 of the 7 Churches of Revelation in Turkey

While some have interpreted a symbolic meaning to the Bible passage, what's certain is that these churches did actually exist as buildings.

The famous “Iron Church” is re-opening in Turkey

Erdogan states that the state has to protect the right to freedom of worship for all.

War in Syria: “We cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel”

According to the Apostolic Nuncio in Syria, the Turkish intervention in the country opens a new phase of the war, which is difficult for the Syrian people.

Midnight Mass in Turkey

Photo of the Day: December 24, 2017

1 2 3 … 7
Aleteia's Top 10
  1. Most Read
  2. Nicholas Senz
    The trap that Satan sets us when we are trying to find …
  3. Matthew Green
    She kept the baby she conceived when raped and today he’s a …
  4. Philip Kosloski
    Why was the Virgin Mary crying at La Salette?
  5. Zelda Caldwell
    10 Great movies about saints
  6. Dolors Massot
    Photo of three Italian grandmothers with migrant children in …
  7. Brother Silas Henderson, SDS
    Meet the Death Row prisoner who discovered a “saint …
  8. Aleteia
    Newborn shares a smile with parents when she hears her daddy’s …
See More
Readers like you contribute to Aleteia's Mission.

Since our inception in 2012, Aleteia’s readership has grown rapidly worldwide. Our team is committed to a mission of providing articles that enrich, inspire and inform a Catholic life. That's why we want our articles to be freely accessible to everyone, but we need your help to do that. Quality journalism has a cost (more than selling ads on Aleteia can cover). That's why readers like you make a major difference by donating as little as $3 a month.

DONATE NOW