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As a leading voice for Middle Eastern Christians, Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda, head of the Chaldean Eparchy of Erbil, expressed hope that the election of a new U.S. president would positively impact the efforts for peace in the region.   Speaking with ACI Mena, CNA's Arabic-language news partner, Warda noted that "Christians in the region have borne the brunt of

His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, has said that during the Christmas celebrations, he will ask the Churches to lift up prayers for the end of the wars in Palestine and Lebanon, as well as for peace and justice to be achieved in the countries that are athirst for this. This was reported during his recent meeting

“You are not forgotten”, said the Australian Catholic Bishops Commission for Social Justice, Mission and Service and Catholic Religious Australia in a joint statement. The issue of further support for the people of Lebanon was raised on the floor of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference plenary meeting in Sydney last week by Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay OLM and Bishop Robert Rabbat.

“At the moment, we have 1.5 million displaced people: that is one in every four citizens in the country, mostly concentrated in the Mount Lebanon region. They are welcomed in shelters, such as schools, churches, retreat centers, or private houses. They need everything — food, medication, water, clothes, sanitary products — because they left their houses very quickly and didn’t

The Israeli Foreign Minister says that diplomatic efforts to broker a ceasefire in Lebanon are making progress. Gideon Saar said he thought there was some advancement, adding that Israel is was working with the Americans on the issue. He said that Israel would agree to a truce only if promised that Hezbollah pulled its forces north of the Litani River. 

The humanitarian crisis in Syria remains dire as the fragile economy and failing healthcare is keeping the population stuck in poverty. Over a decade, major urban areas like Raqqa, East Aleppo, Deraa, Homs and Eastern Ghouta have been wrecked by bombing. And amid this, a humanitarian crisis has left children in Syria facing one of the most horrifying emergencies in

At least 15 emergency responders from a civil defence team have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in eastern Lebanon. The strike near Baalbek, wrecked a building of the civil defence agency, which is linked to the Lebanese government and not associated with Hezbollah. On Friday, Israeli warplanes targeted Beirut's southern suburbs. Lebanese radio reported columns of acrid black smoke rising from

Pope Francis on Wednesday renewed his appeal to remember countries at war, warning against becoming desensitized to global death and devastation. His appeal to not forget war-torn countries came in his remarks to Italian-speaking pilgrims toward the conclusion of his weekly General Audience. "Brothers and sisters," he emphasized, "martyred Ukraine suffers! Let us not forget Ukraine." Likewise, he continued, "let

The new book by Pope Francis for the Jubilee 2025 focuses on the theme, "Hope never disappoints. Pilgrims towards a better world" and will be published by Hernán Reyes Alcaide, Edizioni Piemme publishers.  The book comes out on Tuesday 19 November in Italy, Spain and Latin America, and later in other countries. In one passage the Pope mentions the humanitarian

Prayers for peace were central to Pope Francis’ appeals on Sunday as he addressed the faithful gathered in St Peter’s Square for the Angelus. At the conclusion of the recitation of the Marian Prayer, the Pope invited all those present to care for the marginalised, and to pray for all those suffering from conflict and other forms of injustice. As