Catholic Review
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Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Religious Freedom, World News
Although Christian leaders in Syria are trying to stay positive about the new Islamist interim government in Damascus, others are pointing to worrying concerns about what lies ahead for the country’s diverse population.
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Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Jubilee 2025, News, World News
An indulgence granted during the Jubilee Year is not just an occasion to “get something” but rather is a sign of the Holy Year, of the moment where the faithful must put themselves in front of God to discover the reality of oneself and see the need for forgiveness, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem said Dec. 29.
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Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News
With a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon barely holding, as both sides accuse each other of violations, hopes for even a fragile peace seem impossible for those living and aiding people in Gaza.
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Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News
Pope Francis sharply criticized the global “hypocrisy” of nations advocating for peace while profiting from war, calling for renewed efforts toward dialogue and reconciliation.
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Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News
“You have become the light of our Church in the entire world,” Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa told Gaza Christians Dec. 22 during a pre-Christmas visit aiming to bring the joy of the season to the suffering Christian community in the Gaza Strip.
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Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, World News
Israel’s minister of diaspora affairs and combating antisemitism asked Pope Francis to clarify his remarks about the need to investigate whether the current war in Gaza constitutes a genocide.
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Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Conflict in the Middle East
The small, struggling city where Jesus Christ was born holds a deeper urgency — and a quiet, heartbreaking beauty.
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Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, World News
King Charles III attended a special Advent service Dec. 17 at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Mayfair, London. The event, co-hosted by Pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need, celebrated the resilience of Christian communities and marked the 10th anniversary of the Islamic State group invasion of Mosul and the Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, World News
As the fighting in Gaza drags on, Pope Francis welcomed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to the Vatican.
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Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News
The apostolic nuncio to Syria says he hopes the war-torn nation will “move toward reconciliation” and at least “some prosperity” under democratic rule, following former Syrian President Bashar Assad’s ouster in a lightning offensive by rebel groups.
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An uneasy calm hangs over Aleppo, Christian leaders report, following the recent lightning takeover of Syria’s second-largest city by Islamist rebels driving out forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Concerns also mount over government airstrikes.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Advent, Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News
Christmas this season in the Holy Land will be celebratory, despite ongoing bloodshed and war, the patriarchs of the Holy Land said, as Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa encouraged pilgrims to come back to the birthplace of Jesus.
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