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Catholics urged to support Middle East Christians through Good Friday collection

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis plans to launch a humanitarian project in Gaza or the West Bank with the possible help of the...

Pope Francis insists world leaders ensure humanitarian aid reaches people affected...

VATICAN CITY -- World leaders must ensure that humanitarian aid reaches the people affected by the ongoing wars in Gaza and Sudan, Pope Francis...

In Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the world is much more about shades of...

"From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free…" Watching a news report of a group of students chanting the line, I wondered if...

Pope Francis calls for Israel-Hamas war to halt and prayers to...

JERUSALEM -- As the world prayed for peace in the Holy Land Oct. 27, Pope Francis called for the war to halt and prayers...

Irish pilgrims tried to keep ‘sense of normality’ in tour of...

DUBLIN -- A group of Irish pilgrims who were in the Holy Land as Hamas attacked southern Israel Oct. 7 said the experience of...

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...

Half a million children pray rosary for ‘healing and protection of...

Amid the Israel-Hamas war, more than half a million children across the world prayed the rosary for peace. On Oct. 18, well over 500,000 kids...

Cardinal Pizzaballa’s offer to change places with children in Gaza teaches...

The Editorial Board of Our Sunday Visitor Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa’s recent offer to exchange himself for the children held hostage in the Gaza Strip by...

Catholic colleges and universities in U.S condemn attack on Israel and...

Catholic colleges and universities throughout the U.S. have condemned a devastating attack on Israel, while calling for prayers for peace. Peter Kilpatrick, president of The...

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...

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