Tag: Gaza
Some hostages set to be released, truce to begin after agreement...
The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, expressed his happiness at the late-night hostage-exchange agreement reached between Israel and Hamas Nov. 21, and...
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...
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...
Pope Francis prays for the end of the ‘cycle of violence’...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis again called for the release of hostages taken from Israel by Hamas militants and for allowing humanitarian aid into...
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...
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...