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A video series featuring 9 messages from the faithful of the Holy Land, including youth and scout members across the Diocese of Jerusalem (Jordan, Galilee, Palestine, & Cyprus), offering words of encouragement, testimonies of God's love, and highlighting the importance of being part of the Church.  Subtitles are available on YouTube Catholic Scouts & Guides in Jordan Sami Sawalha

Pope Francis has said that allegations of a genocide in Gaza should be “carefully investigated” marking some of his strongest criticism yet of Israel’s war with Hamas. “According to some experts… what is happening in Gaza has the characteristics of a genocide,” Vatican News, the Holy See’s official news outlet, cited the pontiff as writing in a forthcoming book. “It

The remarks were swiftly condemned by Israel’s ambassador to the Holy See and the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM), who accused the Pope of inflammatory rhetoric.

In Lebanon, a country currently torn by violence, a group of religious sisters are bringing hope and help. The Sisters of Our Lady of Good Help, located in Jabboulé, northern Beqaa, Lebanon, are a group of sisters from the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. Though the convent only consists of 15 sisters, these sisters are making an impact through their help

In 2014, so-called Islamic State swept across northern Iraq, capturing vast swathes of territory. The invasion led to mass displacement, particularly of minority groups such as Christians, Yazidis, Turkmen and Shabak. Many of these refugees fled to the Kurdish region of northeast Iraq, where – says Fr Karam Shahmasha, a priest of the local Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese – the local

With these new additions, the total number of churches and religious buildings that have achieved legalized status under Law No. 80 of 2016 now stands at 3,453, reflecting substantial progress since the establishment of the main committee overseeing the law’s implementation. In a landmark decision underscoring Egypt’s commitment to religious tolerance, the Egyptian Cabinet has approved the legal status of

On October 25, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for the first Evangelization and the New Particular Churches), appointed Rev. Fr. Koubrianos Hanna Koubrianos O.C.D. as national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the Holy Land, for five years. The new director is 44 years old and has been a

We go out in the morning without knowing if we will return in the evening. And this is our daily reality." This is how Sister Hanane Youssef describes her daily life today in Beirut. With her sisters from Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, she continues to run the "Saint Antoine" health center in the heart of Rouaysset,

In light of the worsening regional conflicts and their increasing intensity, the war in Lebanon was nothing but a fatal blow for the people of the country, who are facing death, terror, displacement and destruction on a daily basis. The scene is tragic: many families are left without a safe roof to protect them, and there is complete destruction in

It is the voice of Rahab, ten years old, carrying a profound pain that she learns every day in the refugee camp of Deir al-Balah. The war in Gaza has not stopped. Rahab lost her mother and sister in this war: all she has left is a suffering that she has managed to transform into poetry, joining her voice to