Gaza

Gaza Christians are ready to get out, says Latin Patriarch

the catholic leader of the holy land has predicted that “humanly speaking,” it will be difficult for gaza’s tiny christian community to resi...

Pope phones Biden to discuss escalating Israel-Hamas conflict

rome – pope francis issued another public appeal for peace in the holy land and throughout the world on sunday, and made a phone call to uni...

Pope calls for October 27 day of prayer after Gaza hospital bombing

rome – amid international tensions surrounding the war in gaza following the deadly bombing of a hospital, pope francis has called for anoth...

Israel protests pope's language on Gaza, asks for 'unequivocal' condemnation of Hamas

rome – israel’s top diplomat has demanded that the vatican issue a “clear and unequivocal” condemnation of the terrorist attacks launched by...

Synod on Synodality urged to condemn Hamas attacks in name of 'moral clarity'

rome – an official of the oldest jewish advocacy organization in the united states has called upon the ongoing synod on synodality in the va...

'This was an Iranian attack on Israel carried out by Hamas'

on october 7 more jews were killed in a single day than at any time since the holocaust. to all the hamas apologists, i want you to thi...

Brooks P V Newmark

Parolin calls for coexistence with Palestinians as Israel presses Vatican on 'ambiguities'

rome – on a day in which israel objected anew to efforts by christian leaders to be even-handed in their approach to the new war with hamas,...

'To Hamas, death, not life, is the prize'

minus the hebrew and arabic street signs and the garish posters of local politicians, the sunny tree-lined streets of sderot could almost be...

Georgia L. Gilholy

As Pope appeals for peace, Israel warns Vatican against false ‘parallelisms’

rome – a massive and deadly surprise offensive from hamas in recent days has prompted israel to declare war, drawing appeals from pope franc...

The makings of a 'CarMelkite': How life as a Carmelite nun helped me better savour Eastern Catholic liturgies

in a world where distractions are ever-present and self-aggrandisement is mistaken as confidence, there comes a time in everyone’s life duri...