The morning after Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel, Pope Francis pleaded with nations to avoid a further escalation of the violence.
"I make a heartfelt appeal for a halt to any action that might fuel a spiral of violence
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York said he and other members of a delegation traveling in Israel and Palestine "feel safe and secure" April 14, after Israel defended itself overnight from unprecedented Iranian drone strikes and missiles.
"That wasn't true in the
Since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on southern Israeli communities that left 1,200 dead and over 250 kidnapped, Lo'ay Ayyad, 48, a father of two and a successful veteran tour guide in the region, has been largely unemployed as the tourism industry
Peace in the birthplace of Jesus. After millennia of fighting, is such a thing even achievable? To this day, the Holy Land remains perhaps the most hotly contested piece of territory in the Middle East, if not the world. From its Mediterranean
Pope Francis plans to launch a humanitarian project in Gaza or the West Bank with the possible help of the traditional Good Friday collection for the Holy Land, said the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches.
"The outbreak of the war in Gaza, after
Since her 23-year-old son Hersh had his left arm blown off at the elbow and was taken hostage into Gaza by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, Rachel Goldberg-Polin has gone from the self-described "Jane Doe" anonymity of Jewish woman, to becoming the
The Iraqi Catholic community feels unsettled after Iran launched ballistic missiles, striking upscale neighborhoods of Irbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, signaling the latest spate of violence targeting northern Iraq.
Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed it targeted a spy base for
Amid ongoing bombardment of the Gaza Strip by the Israeli military -- despite the Christmas season -- Christian clergymen in the Middle East are decrying attacks on their community's dwindling numbers.
"It was sad, but hopeful to see Christians celebrating Christmas inside the
Two weeks after the release of Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation "C'est la confiance" ("It's confidence"), published by Oct. 15 for the 150th anniversary of the birth of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, and in times of great turbulence for the world,
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