Tag: Hamas attacks

ROME -- The Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel and Israel's massive military response in Gaza have led to strong papal pleas for peace...

JERUSALEM -- As tensions and the number of victims mount in southern Gaza Strip, Catholic Relief Services said it has not been able to...

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

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis again called for the release of hostages taken from Israel by Hamas militants and for allowing humanitarian aid into...

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

JERUSALEM -- An explosion at the St. Porphyrios Greek Orthodox Church campus in Gaza has left the administration building in ruins, and at least...

ROME -- The Vatican, especially Pope Francis, must double its efforts and urge the international community to end the massacre of Palestinians killed in...

Two experts in Muslim-Christian relations told OSV News that preserving dialogue amid the Israel-Hamas war comes down to recognizing what is really at issue...

Since Oct. 7, I have been trying to understand something incomprehensible. There is a lot that has happened since that bloody date that is incomprehensible,...

JERUSALEM -- While Christian faithful across the globe prayed and fasted for peace in the Holy Land, a rocket struck the Christian hospital in...