Gaza

There came from the East: Learning of the wisdom of the Magi from Matthew’s account

no nativity play would be complete without the three kings, central characters in the tale of christ’s birth. almost as well known as the ch...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

Sudanese bishops plead for peace as fighting claims 12,000 lives in under a year

yaoundè, cameroon – as a deadly conflict continues to rage in sudan, catholic bishops both inside the country and in neighbouring south suda...
Ngala Chimtom

Dealing with war and refugees as a priest in Rhodes and Israel

the island of rhodes, in the aegean sea, has always been a gateway between east and west. as the parish priest here for the past 23 years, i...
Luke Gregory OFM

Pope offers usual Christmas message of hope while lamenting ‘the little Jesuses of today’ lost to war, migration and abortion

at the end of a year marked by the outbreak of fresh wars and by various personal health crises, pope francis at christmas offered a message...
Elise Ann Allen

Bethlehem Dispatch: A muted Christmas 'bereft its usual festive splendour'

bethlehem's main square is bereft its usual festive splendour and twinkling red, green and white lights. usually bustling this time of year ...
MariamElsayehIbrahim

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

up to 90 per cent of the population of southern lebanon’s christian villages have left their homes since october to seek safety from daily r...
The Catholic Herald

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

rome – days after two women were killed at the catholic parish in gaza, with local church authorities pinning blame on idf forces, israel’s ...
Elise Allen

Christmas Message of the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem

the following christmas message was released 21 december 2023 by the patriarchs and heads of the churches in jerusalem, in which they highli...
The Catholic Herald

Cardinal Nichols ‘heartbroken’ over attack on Gaza’s only Catholic church that he knows personally

leicester, crux – cardinal vincent nichols, the leader of the uk's roman catholics, says he is “heartbroken” over the attack on a catholic c...
Charles Collins

Advent and the 'Great Paradigm Shift'

there is an old story told about the dilemma of a monkey reaching down through the narrow neck of a glass jar to grab the alluring beads con...
Gavin Ashenden