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Conflict in the Middle East

Lebanon’s hospitals are on the front lines amid ongoing violence of war

November 29, 2024
By Leo Morawiecki
OSV News
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News

In Lebanon, hospitals and the health care sector have become the front and center of attention — and an imminent target — following the most recent bout of violence due to heavy clashes in southern Lebanon between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters.

Bishop Zaidan: Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire sparks ‘profound hope,’ inspiration for lasting peace

November 27, 2024
By Gina Christian
OSV News
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News

A ceasefire brokered by the U.S. and France between Israel and the Lebanese-based militant group Hezbollah is being welcomed with “profound hope,” said Bishop A. Elias Zaidan of the Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace.

Blinken praises pope’s LGBTQ advocacy, talks Lebanon ceasefire at Vatican

November 27, 2024
By Justin McLellan
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, World News

After meeting Pope Francis and top Vatican officials, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken praised the pope’s commitment to upholding the dignity of LGBTQ people.

Pope condemns ‘arrogance of invaders’ in Ukraine and Palestine

November 25, 2024
By Justin McLellan
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News

The “arrogance” of the invaders attacking Ukraine and Palestine blocks the dialogue necessary to build peace in those countries, Pope Francis said.

Pope calls for investigation of possible genocide in Gaza

November 18, 2024
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, World News

Pope Francis said the international community should investigate whether Israel’s military actions in Gaza constitute genocide.

Destruction grows daily as Israel-Hamas war enters second year, say Catholic relief agency leaders

November 15, 2024
By Gina Christian
OSV News
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News

As the Israel-Hamas war enters its second year, expanding to a wider region of the Middle East, two Catholic agency leaders based in Jerusalem and Beirut are warning the conflict is decimating the populations they serve.

Pope meets Israeli citizens freed from captivity in Gaza

November 14, 2024
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, World News

Pope Francis met with a group of Israelis and their family members who were freed after being held hostage in Gaza by Hamas and other Palestinian militants.

‘I can feel the tension in a way that I haven’t before,’ says Beirut archbishop

October 23, 2024
By 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.

Pope meets former Israeli and Palestinian officials promoting peace

October 17, 2024
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Pope Francis met a former prime minister of Israel and a former Palestinian foreign minister who believe they have a workable peace plan for the Holy Land.

Wester: Nobel Peace Prize for Japanese atomic bomb survivors ‘fitting’ amid global tensions

October 17, 2024
By Gina Christian
OSV News
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, War in Ukraine, World News

The naming of a Japanese atomic bomb survivors group as this year’s Nobel Peace Prize recipient is “fitting … during this time of heightened geopolitical tension,” said Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, N.M., who has traveled to Japan on several peace pilgrimages and also released a 2022 pastoral letter on nuclear disarmament.

As Israel’s Lebanon campaign escalates, displaced Christians wait for ‘miracle to end this misery’

October 15, 2024
By 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.

Pope calls for Mideast cease-fire; prays for peace in Ukraine, Haiti

October 14, 2024
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News

Pope Francis called again for “an immediate cease-fire on all fronts” in the Middle East, urging leaders to “pursue the paths of diplomacy and dialogue to achieve peace.”

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