Gaza

A whale of a time: the divine comedy of the Book of Jonah

right at the beginning of the book of jonah, the reluctant prophet is instructed by god to go and preach to the pagan inhabitants of nineveh...

Gabriele Finaldi

Mother Teresa’s nuns struggle to care for sick in small convent near embattled Gaza hospital

mumbai – near gaza’s embattled al-shifa hospital, three nuns of mother teresa’s missionaries of charity are currently struggling to support ...

Nirmala Carvalho

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

rome – the leader of the worldwide franciscan order, has appealed to his fellow franciscans to stay put in the holy land despite rising tens...

King Charles is perfectly positioned to come to the defence of Christians in Jerusalem

the greek orthodox patriarch of jerusalem, his beatitude theophilos iii, and the anglican archbishop of jerusalem, the most reverend dr hosa...

Melanie McDonagh

Holy Land conflict: good news and bad news from Gaza

rome – for the tiny catholic community on the besieged gaza strip, the last few days have brought both good news and bad, with a couple of c...

The Catholic Herald

Bread of Heaven: The forthcoming transition to John’s Gospel is full of meaning

this being year b of the sunday lectionary cycle, we will mostly be reading through st mark’s gospel; but only mostly, because it is the sho...

Fr Richard Ounsworth OP