Catholic experts weigh in on whether Israel's war on Hamas is truly holding to "Just War" criteria as the Palestinian death toll nears 20,000 dead within the dense urban enclave of Gaza.
Following a series of attacks on Christians in Gaza by Israeli forces Dec. 16, including the killing of a mother and daughter at a Catholic parish, the Israeli Defense Forces rebuked claims that it targeted civilians in the Catholic parish.
The White House has signaled it is open to making some concessions to congressional Republicans on border policy in order to pass an emergency spending bill to provide billions of dollars in wartime aid to Ukraine and Israel amid their respective conflicts.
Senate Republicans block Ukraine-Israel emergency aid over border, raising Catholic concerns
Senate Republicans Dec. 6 blocked an emergency spending bill to provide billions of dollars in wartime aid to Ukraine and Israel while calling for strict new policies at the U.S.-Mexico border opposed by some Catholic immigration advocates.
The move increases pressure on Congress
Fifty days after her children were taken hostage, Hadas Kalderon did not see their names on the list of the first three rounds of released hostages. Two weeks after five members of her family were taken captive by Hamas militants on Oct.
JERUSALEM (OSV News) -- Following long days of delicate and intense negotiations between Israel and Hamas with the mediation of Qatar, Egypt and the U.S., the first group of hostages held by Hamas has been freed. Twenty-four hostages -- 13 Israeli civilians,
NANTUCKET, Mass. (OSV News) -- President Joe Biden celebrated the Nov. 24 release of some hostages held by Hamas, but said it is "only a start" in resolving the conflict. Hamas released 24 hostages -- women and children -- held captive in
The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, expressed his happiness at the late-night hostage-exchange agreement reached between Israel and Hamas Nov. 21, and said he hoped it would lead to end to the war which broke out after an Oct. 7
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- With hopes growing for a temporary, humanitarian cease-fire, Pope Francis met at the Vatican Nov. 22 with relatives of Israelis held hostage by Hamas and, separately, with relatives of Palestinians suffering under the Israeli siege of Gaza. Announcing
An estimated tens of thousands of people gathered on the National Mall Nov. 14 in a show of solidarity for Israel in the wake of the terrorist group Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks on that country and a protest of antisemitism around the