Christ is not absent from Gaza, but crucified in the wounded, patriarchs say after visit July 22, 2025By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News Amid the destruction witnessed during their July 18–20 pastoral visit to Gaza, following the Israeli shelling of the Holy Family Parish church compound that killed three people and injured 10, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa and Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III said they found something more enduring — “the dignity of the human spirit.”
Syrian Christian leaders say Islamist government can’t protect them or Druze July 22, 2025By Dale Gavlak OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News Syrian Christian leaders say they cannot trust the Islamist-led Syrian government of Ahmed al-Sharaa to provide the safety they need after a week of deadly clashes that claimed the lives of 1,000 people in the southern region of Sweida and urged international protection.
Kidnapped Nigerian priest who served in Alaska freed July 22, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Missions, News, Religious Freedom, World News A Nigerian priest kidnapped by Boko Haram in June has been released, OSV News has learned.
Archbishop Wenski leads Knights on Bikes to pray rosary at Alligator Alcatraz July 21, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, Knights of Columbus, News, World News Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami and some 25 Knights of Columbus saddled up their motorcycles to pray a rosary at the entrance of Alligator Alcatraz, the controversial migrant detention center recently opened in the Florida Everglades.
Poland’s government clashes with bishops over migration remarks while cardinal urges a shift in language July 21, 2025By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Cardinal Grzegorz Rys of Lódz spoke up after two retired bishops sparked outrage with their migration and border policy remarks at the Marian shrine of Jasna Góra earlier in July.
Patriarch’s visit hailed ‘a miracle,’ while parishioners in Gaza feel horror, desperation July 21, 2025By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News Parishioners of Gaza’s Holy Family Church are feeling “horror” and almost a sense of “desperation” after an Israeli tank shell struck the church, killing three elderly people sheltering there and injuring 10, said regional director of the Jerusalem office of Catholic Near East Welfare Association, or CNEWA, Joseph Hazboun.
Pope celebrates Apollo 11 anniversary with peek at the heavens, call to astronaut July 21, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Peering at the sunlit skies through a Vatican-owned space telescope and calling the last surviving member of the Apollo 11 spaceflight mission was how Pope Leo XIV celebrated the anniversary of the first crewed moon landing.
Pope, Palestinian president discuss humanitarian tragedy in Gaza during phone call July 21, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, World News The humanitarian tragedy in the Gaza Strip and the need for urgent assistance were part of discussions between Pope Leo XVI and Mahmoud Abbas, president of Palestine and the Palestinian National Authority.
Is NFP finally breaking into medical schools? July 21, 2025By Zoey Maraist OSV News Filed Under: Marriage & Family Life, News, Respect Life, World News Though many NFP organizations do a great job educating couples about their fertility, FABM users often run into difficulties when they share their knowledge in the exam room.
Gaza’s Catholic pastor recalls ‘terrible’ attack as Parolin decries ‘war without limits’ July 21, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News Father Gabriel Romanelli, lightly injured in the leg during the Israeli military strike on the Holy Family Parish compound in the Gaza Strip July 17 told L’Osservatore Romano that what happened in the parish was “terrible” and that “the situation continues to be very serious.”
Pope condemns Israel’s attack against church, calls for end to ‘barbarity’ July 21, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The “barbarity of war” and forced displacement of people have to end, and civilians and places of worship have to be protected, Pope Leo XIV implored.
Huckabee demands Israel punish settlers for ‘act of terror’ on West Bank church July 21, 2025By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Religious Freedom, World News U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee called the desecration of any holy place an “act of terror” and a “crime” that required “harsh consequences,” following a visit to the West Bank village of Taybeh.
