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Don’t let war force you from Holy Land, Franciscan leader tells friars

Elise Ann Allen/ Crux

War has become ‘a way of life’ in Holy Land

The Catholic Herald

New York cardinal shelters from Iranian drone attack during trip to Holy Land

John Lavenburg/Crux

End ‘devastating war’ in Gaza and Israel, plead Church leaders in Holy Land

Charles Collins

Gaza priests says plight of trapped Christians ‘worsening by the hour’

The Catholic Herald

EDITORIAL: The Church and the conflict in Gaza

The Catholic Herald

Pope’s blessings for ‘same-sex couples’ definitively sink ecumenical dialogue with Copts

The Catholic Herald

Italian diocese urges Catholics to join Muslims for prayers and meals in Ramadan

February 23, 2024

Pakistani bishop hails court rejection of anti-Christian pogrom whitewash

February 19, 2024

A Jewish perspective on the Catholic Church’s response to the Gaza conflict

Peter Oppenheimer

December 22, 2023

Christian villages in south Lebanon empty amid daily exchanges of rocket fire

The Catholic Herald

December 22, 2023

Israel accuses Latin Patriarch of ‘blood libel’ in row over sniper shootings of Gaza civilians

Elise Ann Allen/ Crux

December 8, 2023

Joy in Rome and Westminster as UK band joins up with Bethlehem singer for Christmas record

Charles Collins

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