War
Pope Francis urges President Assad to end violence in Aleppo
The papal nuncio to Syria delivered a letter from the Pope calling for ‘international humanitarian law to be fully respected’
Syriac Catholic patriarch ‘horrified’ after seeing Iraqi ‘ghost towns’
Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan visited beleaguered Christians in northern Iraq last month
English bishop urges end to attacks on civilians in Aleppo
The Bishop of Clifton said that violence against civilians can never be justified
Iraqi Catholics return to church ransacked by ISIS
A tomb had been desecrated and statue of the Virgin Mary was decapitated at the St Addai Chaldean Catholic church
Iraqi forces evacuate 1,000 civilians from Mosul front lines
The villagers have been moved to a nearby camp for their safety
Iraq will need help uniting after liberation from ISIS, says archbishop
Archbishop Warda of Irbil said his country will require intervention in order to achieve reconciliation between the country’s divided groups
Colombian bishops urge government and rebels to commit to ceasefire
A new peace deal is to be negotiated after voters rejected an agreement that would have formally ended the long-running war between the government and Farc
Pope Francis calls for an immediate ceasefire in Syria
At the end of his general audience, Pope Francis begged fighters on both sides to allow civilians to be evacuated
Pope Francis condemns bombardment of Aleppo
The Pope decried the assault on Syria at his general audience after another night of heavy bombing in Aleppo
Pope in Assisi: ‘There is no such thing as a holy war’
Pope Francis spoke at the closing ceremony of an interreligious peace gathering in Assisi
