Alex Rosin, born Elek Rebensztok, is among the youngest child survivors of the Holocaust. As fewer survivors are able to give their testimony, he feels an urgency to tell people his story, especially considering the increasing antisemitism he senses following the Oct.
Recently, Columbia University in New York has become the epicenter of U.S. college protests and encampments demanding an end to U.S. support of Israel, now at war with Hamas following that group's Oct. 7, 2023, attack on approximately 22 locations in Israel.
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Eight people united in their anguish carried into the papal library posters bearing the faces of their loved ones who are held in captivity by Hamas.
The father, mother, aunt, uncle, cousin, brother or twin sister of various Israeli hostages met with Pope
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York has announced he will travel to Israel and Palestine amid a war now in its seventh month.
The cardinal will undertake a pastoral visit April 12-18 in his role as chairman of the Catholic Near East
Catholic aid workers in Gaza are determined to continue their mission after a deadly strike killed colleagues from a fellow organization.
Seven staff members of World Central Kitchen died April 1 when their three-vehicle convoy was hit in an Israeli air attack. The
Pope Francis renewed his calls for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip after seven of the aid workers of World Central Kitchen, a humanitarian organization that delivers food in war-torn countries, were killed in an Israeli missile strike in Gaza Strip
Of the thousands of people packed into the Paul VI Audience Hall for Pope Francis' weekly general audience, two visitors received special praise from the pope for their unlikely friendship.
The presence of Bassam Aramin from Palestine and Rami Elhanan from Israel, seated
OSV News) -- The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairman of the USCCB's Committee on International Justice and Peace called upon the faithful to renew prayers during Holy Week for an end to the Israel-Hamas war.
"As the
A bishop in Jerusalem has appealed for Christians to start returning to the Holy Land on pilgrimage, insisting they should visit holy places located within Israel and the Palestinian Territories.
Auxiliary Bishop William Shomali of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem made the comments
In the aftermath of "horrifying events" and their "cruel context," Christian leaders condemned the attack "against innocent civilians" in a March 1 statement and called "for the warring parties to reach an immediate and lengthy ceasefire that allows for the speedy disbursement