Israeli ambassador says country ‘craves peace’ as tensions rise in the Middle East October 7, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News On the first anniversary of the attack that sparked an escalating conflict in the Holy Land, Israel’s ambassador to the Holy See said his country still hopes for peace.
Powerful impose war on others, world shows indifference, pope says October 7, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, World News On the one-year anniversary of the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, Pope Francis expressed his solidarity with all those suffering because of conflicts throughout the Middle East, urged Christians to be peacemakers and warned warmongers they will face God’s judgment.
Synod members vote to dialogue with study groups set up by pope October 7, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Members of the Synod of Bishops have voted to give up one of their few free afternoons to “dialogue” with the leaders of the study groups Pope Francis set up to reflect on important questions raised by the synod in 2023.
Patriarch: Amid ‘turmoil of hatred, violence,’ Christians in Holy Land keep spiritual life alive October 7, 2024By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News In a year filled with the “turmoil of hatred and violence” — which Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa described as “terrible, horrible,” it has been very important to keep the “spiritual life of the Christian community,” as well as his own, “alive,” the patriarch said.
In second week, synod to discuss authority in the church October 7, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Members of the Synod of Bishops have begun looking for ways to make relationships within the Catholic Church “more transparent and more harmonious, so that our witness may become more credible.”
Bishop Martin surveys Helene relief efforts in North Carolina October 7, 2024By OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Disaster Relief, Feature, Giving, News, World News Helene — which made landfall in Florida late in the evening of Sept. 26 as a Category 4 Hurricane and was downgraded the next day — has been reported to be one of the deadliest storms in the U.S., with more than 215 people confirmed dead
As wider war threatens Middle East, pope asks Mary to intercede October 7, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News As fighting in the Middle East intensified and spread, Pope Francis turned to Mary, begging her to “intercede for our world in danger.”
Love is beautiful when lived generously, pope says at Angelus October 7, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News Love is demanding, but it is also beautiful when a woman and a man love each other fully, “without half measures,” Pope Francis said.
Pope announces he will create 21 new cardinals in December October 6, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis announced he would create 21 new cardinals Dec. 8, including a 99-year-old former nuncio and the 44-year-old Ukrainian bishop who heads his church’s eparchy in Melbourne, Australia.
In the ‘bleeding region,’ Gaza Strip’s Christian community lifts each other up, defying reality October 6, 2024By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Even though death surrounds them every day, Gaza Strip’s Christian community tries to “relieve the suffering” by assisting each other with spiritual and material needs.
CNEWA launches emergency campaign as Israel-Hamas war expands into Lebanon October 4, 2024By Gina Christian Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News As the Israel-Hamas war expands into Lebanon, an agency of the Holy See has launched an emergency campaign to assist thousands of displaced families in that nation’s south.
A ‘living hell’: Survivor of Oct. 7 attack, father of hostage reflect as conflict approaches one year October 4, 2024By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News Almost 100 families still await news of their loved ones who continue to be held hostage in the Gaza Strip after being abducted last year. Among those taken on Oct. 7, 2023, is Sagui, the 35-year-old American-Israeli who is the son of Jonathan Dekel-Chen.
