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The Temple Mount encapsulates the tragedy of religious conflict today

April 09, 2024

Easter is a good time to reflect on what the Temple Mount means for the three Abrahamic faiths, especially in the wake of the 7 October attack by Hamas on Israel and all that has come to pass since. While holy to so many different religious believers, the Temple Mount in Jerusalem has also long

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

February 19, 2024

Amid the plethora of public utterances on the wrongs and rights of Israel’s military action in Gaza, those of several key Vatican officials and spokesmen, including Pope Francis, along with the comments of their neighbour, the Chief Rabbi of Rome, Riccardo di Segni, have featured prominently in the Catholic Herald. Finding myself invited to supplement

Unrest flares in West Bank and Jerusalem

October 06, 2015

Four Israelis were recently killed in Jerusalem in an apparent act of revenge for the killing of a Palestinian woman at a checkpoint

Church leaders demand Israel steps up protection of Christian sites

July 29, 2015

The Benedictine Church of the Multiplication in Tabgha was damaged in an arson attack in June

Jerusalem patriarch denounces wave of retaliations after teen murders

July 08, 2014

'We need the politicians to be with us,' says Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal

Pope offers condolences to families of three murdered Israeli teens

July 01, 2014

Vatican spokesman calls the killings 'terrible and dramatic'

Morning Catholic must-reads: 01/07/14

July 01, 2014

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Catholic Herald view: Francis showed power of the personal touch in Holy Land

May 28, 2014

The trip showed Francis’s remarkable persuasiveness is rooted in a gift for friendship

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