Tag: Gaza

JERUSALEM -- As indirect ceasefire talks began in Egypt between Israel and Hamas Oct. 6 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt -- aimed at finalizing a...

WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Donald Trump released a 20-point peace plan to end the Israel-Hamas war Sept. 29, which was met with cautious...

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...

VATICAN CITY  -- Even though what is happening in Gaza is shocking and prospects for peace in Ukraine seem more complicated than ever, Catholics...

The president of the U.S. bishops' conference called for a special collection to bolster the Catholic Church's response to a deepening humanitarian catastrophe in...

Despite daunting odds, Catholic Relief Services and its on-the-ground partners have managed to deliver aid to 1.7 million people in Gaza since 2023, according...

As violence and starvation deepen in Gaza, the pastor of the area's only Catholic church told a pontifical charity, "We remain in the hands...

JERUSALEM -- Amid the destruction witnessed during their July 18–20 pastoral visit to Gaza, following the Israeli shelling of the Holy Family Parish church...

JERUSALEM -- Two people were confirmed dead and several were injured, including a parish pastor, following what initial reports say was a mid-morning Israeli...