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Patriarchs, church leaders urge Holy Land’s Christians to ‘stand strong’ In Advent message

November 14, 2023
By Judith Sudilovsky
OSV News
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News

Christmas in Bethlehem and the Holy Land this year will be one of solemnity, prayer and fasting as the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem called upon the faithful to forgo any “unnecessarily festive activities” during the Christmas season this year and to “stand strong” with those facing the afflictions of war, focusing more on the spiritual meaning of Christmas.

As world prays for peace in Holy Land, Israeli-Hamas war intensifies by air, on ground

October 30, 2023
By Judith Sudilovsky
OSV News
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News

As the world prayed for peace in the Holy Land Oct. 27, Pope Francis called for the war to halt and prayers to continue during the Angelus Oct. 29, as death toll in Gaza passed 8,000 and Israeli troops gradually increased their ground activity in the Gaza Strip, without calling it an “invasion.”

Gaza Catholic parish mourns fellow Christians killed in blast at Greek Orthodox complex

October 23, 2023
By Judith Sudilovsky
OSV News
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News

The Sister of Charity of the Incarnate Word from Peru, who is serving in the Catholic parish in Gaza, recalled the pain of watching the funeral of Christians killed in an Oct. 19 blast at a Greek Orthodox church.

‘God end this madness now!’ Christians appeal as Gaza church campus is left in ruins

October 20, 2023
By Judith Sudilovsky
OSV News
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News

An explosion at the St. Porphyrios Greek Orthodox Church campus in Gaza has left the administration building in ruins, and at least 17 people dead, though numbers have not yet been officially confirmed.

Hundreds killed in Gaza hospital rocket strike on the day of prayer, fasting for peace

October 18, 2023
By Judith Sudilovsky
OSV News
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News

While Christian faithful across the globe prayed and fasted for peace in the Holy Land, a rocket struck the Christian hospital in Gaza City where hundreds of people were being treated, but also where hundreds were taking shelter. U.S. President Joe Biden is on his way to Israel to make a quick visit Oct. 18.

Israeli families missing loved ones wait for proof of life; patriarch appeals for prayer, fasting

October 12, 2023
By Judith Sudilovsky
OSV News
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News

Bodies still remain strewn along roads and in communities as authorities go through the arduous and gruesome process of identifying so many bodies, some of which first responders have said were mutilated and burned beyond recognition.

Pilgrims pray as Israeli families mourn loved ones and Gaza undergoes retaliation attack

October 10, 2023
By Judith Sudilovsky
OSV News
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News

Pilgrims who were in Israel following a surprise terrorist attack by Hamas terrorists against civilian communities in southern Israel Oct. 7 lit candles and said prayers of peace at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher as fighting continued in southern Israel.

Jerusalem church leaders call for peace following deadly Hamas attack

October 9, 2023
By Judith Sudilovsky
OSV News
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News

Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem united in a call for peace and justice amid unfolding violence, following a surprise attack by Hamas in southern Israel, which has left around 600 Israelis dead, among them civilians and dozens of soldiers and police who were killed battling the Hamas fighters.

Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem calls for international help to de-escalate violence amid devastating Hamas attack on Israel

October 8, 2023
By Judith Sudilovsky
OSV News
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News

The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem called Oct. 7 for secular and religious leaders around the world to help de-escalate the violence between Hamas and Israel following an unprecedented surprise dawn attack by Hamas militants on a major Jewish holiday.

Israeli top politicians, rabbis react after incidents of spitting on Christians causes uproar

October 6, 2023
By Judith Sudilovsky
OSV News
Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, World News

While recent incidents of spitting on Christians outraged the community in the Holy Land, Israeli officials openly condemned the attacks this time, with the foreign minister of the country personally calling the Vatican’s top diplomat.

New metal fence is sign of worsening conditions for Holy Land Christians

August 2, 2023
By Judith Sudilovsky
OSV News
Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, World News

The mountaintop monastery at Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel, facing the sea, has been a place of pilgrimage and tours for peoples of all faiths.

Gaza Strip Catholic priest brings comfort to traumatized community, with special focus on young people

May 19, 2023
By Judith Sudilovsky
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, World News

In addition to providing spiritual support to the community members during the five days of hostilities, Father Romanelli said he and the nine nuns currently in Gaza worked to find ways to offer psychological and emotional support.

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