Tag: Gaza
Death rates rise from explosion at Orthodox church sheltering several hundred...
JERUSALEM -- An explosion at the St. Porphyrios Greek Orthodox Church campus in Gaza has left the administration building in ruins, and at least...
A ‘failed rocket launch’ strikes a Gaza Christian hospital; Palestinians blame...
JERUSALEM -- While Christian faithful across the globe prayed and fasted for peace in the Holy Land, a rocket struck the Christian hospital in...
Pope Francis gives ‘courage and the support of prayer’ during phone...
VATICAN CITY -- Huddled in a stairwell at the Catholic parish and school in Gaza, Rosary Sister Nabila Saleh, another sister and Father Youssef...
Kindergarten teacher in Israel experiencing ‘total silence’ in hunt for missing...
JERUSALEM -- Just before the children in her kindergarten class went on vacation for the Jewish Sukkot festival, Romina Shvalb, 42, a kindergarten teacher...
With the death toll rising, Jesuit Father John Paul, students in...
A Jesuit priest who directs an ecumenical institute in Jerusalem told OSV News he feels "a deep sense of compassion for what Israelis and...
Ukrainian Catholic leaders say they stand with Israel, condemn ‘scale and...
Ukrainian Catholic leaders have expressed their support for Israel, following a surprise attack by Islamic militants that has so far killed at least 1,600...
As pilgrims pray, Israeli families mourn loved ones and Gaza undergoes...
JERUSALEM -- Pilgrims who were in Israel following a surprise terrorist attack by Hamas terrorists against civilian communities in southern Israel Oct. 7 lit...
‘National trauma’ of attack by Hamas militants claims grandparents, parents and...
ROME -- The shock of the surprise attack by Hamas militants on Israel, in which hundreds were killed, wounded or kidnapped, has left a...
U.S. Bishops call on Israelis and Palestinians to end the violence...
WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace called on Israelis and Palestinians to end the violence in...
Catholic workers say U.S. aid cuts to Palestinians could be disastrous
JERUSALEM (CNS) -- The U.S. budgetary cuts to humanitarian aid institutions helping Palestinians could lead to long-term disastrous consequences, said Catholic aid workers in...