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Pope Francis said the people who have been trapped in a parish in Gaza had a decent meal for the first time in a long time, after a ceasefire was
A group of Christian leaders visiting the Holy Land say they “hope that a fragile ceasefire agreement” between Israel and Palestinians will hold. Eight bishops travelled to Jerusalem from January
Ten years after ISIS conquered the grand Iraqi town of Mosul, their devastating impact on the Christian communities of northern Iraq remains. At the time of Mosul’s capture in 2014,
Throughout 2024, several countries, such as Ireland, Spain and Norway, formally recognized the State of Palestine. Today, 149 countries do so, in addition to States such as Belgium, Luxembourg, France and Great Britain, which have expressed their willingness to do so. Since 2012, when the UN General Assembly recognized the Palestinian Authority as a non-member Observer State, the PNA has signed almost 200 Treaties and has adhered to numerous unilateral bodies. However, international recognition does not solve the problems on the ground
In his daily phone call to Holy Family Parish in Gaza on Tuesday, Pope Francis said parishioners were “happy” following the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Source: Vatican News. The Pope
In a message for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the head of Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic Church highlights the unity already existing among Christians and calls for closer collaboration, including on peace, justice and human rights issues.
Speaking to Vatican Media in Beirut on the eve of his six-day visit to Syria, the Prefect for the Eastern Churches says that he hopes the calmer situation in Lebanon may now extend to its troubled neighbour.
The day after the start of the ceasefire in Gaza, the Custos of the Holy Land, Fra Francesco Patton, and the Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Latins, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa,
On Monday 20 January, at the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, the Custos of the Holy Land, Francesco Patton, celebrated Mass in front of a group of thirty-five pilgrims from Mexico.
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God” (Matthew 5:9). As shepherds of the Christian faithful in the Holy Land, we welcome the news of a