On Nov. 2, pope discusses latest developments in Gaza, West Bank and Jerusalem with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian news agency WAFA reports; Holy Land Christians appeal for help as the region empties of pilgrims.
A new coalition of influential Catholic leaders is promising to combat antisemitism and to promote friendship with the American Jewish community amid the devastation of the Israel-Hamas war. “Solidarity with the Jewish people isn’t only the right thing to do. It's the
Israel and Ukraine both face existential threats and deserve U.S. aid as they fend off conflict, President Joe Biden said in an Oval Office address to the nation on Oct. 19.
In the televised address following his return from a visit to Israel,
The Vatican, especially Pope Francis, must double its efforts and urge the international community to end the massacre of Palestinians killed in Gaza in the Israel-Hamas war, Palestine's ambassador to Denmark said.
Speaking to OSV News Oct. 18, Ambassador Manuel Sarkis Hassassian said
Two experts in Muslim-Christian relations told OSV News that preserving dialogue amid the Israel-Hamas war comes down to recognizing what is really at issue -- and what is really at stake.
"We cannot afford to lose our solidarity … because of a war
President Joe Biden arrived in Israel Oct. 18 to demonstrate the United States' support for its ally amid the conflict, and suggested "the other team" was responsible for a blast at a hospital in Gaza that killed hundreds, according to a claim
"Disbelief and horror," Michael La Civita, director of communications for the Catholic Near East Welfare Association, told OSV News, describing his reaction just hours after an Oct. 17 strike on al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza.
The facility, a humanitarian outreach of the Episcopal
"War does not solve any problems, it only sows death and destruction. It increases hatred, multiplies revenge. War erases the future," he said at the end of his general audience talk in St. Peter's Square Oct. 18.
"Our thoughts go to Palestine and
While Palestinian officials said the hospital was hit in an Israeli strike and had killed some 500 people, the Israel Defense Forces said intelligence showed Palestinian Islamic Jihad group was responsible for the "failed rocket launch" that struck the al-Ahli Baptist Hospital.
"An
As the tragedy of Hamas’ war on Israel escalates, Kathryn Jean Lopez writes: “Israel has asked civilians in Gaza to leave before they go in to clear out the terrorists and, please God, free hostages. Why won’t Arab neighbors be more