‘I can feel the tension in a way that I haven’t before,’ says Beirut archbishop October 23, 2024By Leo Morawiecki OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Having returned the previous day from a religious summit in Bkerke, north of Beirut, Archbishop Bacouni struck a tone of cautious optimism regarding the end of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
As Israel’s Lebanon campaign escalates, displaced Christians wait for ‘miracle to end this misery’ October 15, 2024By Leo Morawiecki OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News As Israel has escalated its campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon across a United Nations-drawn boundary between the two countries, more than a million people have fled their homes.
International community ‘can and should do more’ for Burkina Faso, ACN says September 28, 2024By Leo Morawiecki OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Immigration and Migration, News, World News As the Catholic Church commemorates the 110th World Day of Migrants and Refugees Sept. 29, Burkina Faso, “the world’s neglected crisis,” faces this reality: Over 2 million people, or 10 percent of the population, are internally displaced.
