To be Christian in Gaza: Interview with Fr Mario da Silva
Gaza – Interview with the Parish priest of the Holy Family in Gaza, Fr Mario de Silva, who replaced Fr George Jorge Hernandez
Jerusalem Situation Update, Is This an Intifada?
I returned home on 3 October 2015 after a one week visit to New York to attend our annual meetings at Catholic NearEast Welfare Association (CNEWA), only to find a
Palestinians Are Returning to the Village They Lost in 1948
In 1948, during the creation of Israel, over 480 Palestinian villages were destroyed. One of these villages was known as Iqrit, a Palestinian Christian village in northern Galilee. For the
Kidnapped Syrian Catholic Priest is freed
Father Jacques Murad, a Syrian Catholic priest who was kidnapped five months ago by Islamic States militants in central Syria has reportedly been freed. Father Murad is Prior of the Monastery
Child malnutrition in Gaza: Caritas Jerusalem intervenes
Gaza - Most of the one million and 800 thousand inhabitants of the Gaza Strip cannot afford adequate food, partly because of higher food prices following the latest Israeli military
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem calls for calm
Statement – Once again, embers of despair, stirred by hatred, leave a heavy impact on this injured Holy LandHeavily concerned with the more recent wave of violence which blows over Israel
Iraqi Ministry of Justice: Christian property will be protected
Baghdad - The Iraqi government will adopt measures to protect the real estate property of Christians who have left the Country, and to prevent that their homes and their land
HCEF Conference Panel Explores Current State of Palestinian Christians: Persecuted On All Sides
WASHINGTON, DC – The Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation’s (HCEF) 17th International Conference introduces a new panel titled: “Palestinian Christians – Persecuted on all Sides.”
Prince Hassan calls for ‘human safekeeping’ for Christians
AMMAN — HRH Prince Hassan attended the launch of a book by Archimandrite George Agapios Abu Saada, a priest in the Greek Melkite Catholic Archeparchy of Akko, which discusses the
Monastery of Bethlehem set on fire, Palestinian President calls the Maronite Patriarch
Rome- Lebanese media reported that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas phoned Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai - currently in Rome - to express solidarity after the fire vandalism damaged a part