Tag: Israel

An Israeli soldier has been sentenced to 21 days of military detention for placing a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the...

AMMAN, Jordan -- Lebanese Catholic priests serving in the south of the country near the border with Israel said they were overjoyed to discover...

Outrage has grown as a photo surfaced of an Israeli soldier desecrating a statue of the Virgin Mary in Lebanon. Concerns are mounting about...

Catholic leaders in the Holy Land expressed their "unreserved condemnation" after a picture of an Israeli soldier striking the head of a statue of...

Two Maronite bishops in the U.S. are calling for prayer, dialogue and solidarity after a Maronite priest was killed in Lebanon amid the U.S.-Israel...

DEIR RAFAT, Israel  -- At first, Grace Rofa, 20, a Catholic Palestinian from Jerusalem, and Reign Arpon, 19, a Filipino member of the Hebrew-speaking...

Patriarchs and heads of the churches in Jerusalem said in a joint Oct. 14 statement they "rejoice at the recent enactment of the ceasefire...

VATICAN CITY — Just a few hours after Israel launched a major new ground offensive in Gaza City, Pope Leo XIV called the pastor...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV appealed to Israel and Hamas to stop the violence that has caused "so much terror, destruction and death." "I...

Is there a solution to the strife in the Middle East? Can there ever be a meaningful reconciliation between Israel and the people of...