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Encyclical letter MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV
Palestine Holy Land: Peace prize awarded to Holy Family Parish Gaza

indcatholicnews.com: During their recent Chapter, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace Congregation presented the 2026 CSJP Peacemaker Award to Holy Family Parish in Gaza. Given every six years, the award recognizes those who embody the peacemaking spirit of founder Mother Francis Clare (Margaret Anna Cusack). Amidst relentless violence, the small community, sustained by Sisters and Fathers of the Incarnate Word, Missionaries of Charity, and parish priest Rev Gabrie ...more

Abouna Opinion
CCSM: The Crown Prince’s visit to the Baptism Site will bear positive fruit

en.abouna.org : Director of the Catholic Center for Studies and Media (CCSM) Fr. Dr. Rif’at Bader ...more

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates His 71st Birthday at the Vatican
9/11 and the Popes: Words of Courage, Faith and Hope
What did Pope Leo XIV say about Minority Christians Minorities in Muslim Countries?
The Vatican Foreign Minister in Russia: "This War Must End"
President Aoun Meets with the Pope Leo XIV to Discuss the Conflict in Southern Lebanon
Patriarch Pizzaballa Visits Gaza’s Christians: “We Will Not Abandon Them”
Pope Leo XIV sends 100,000 euros in aid to Colombia after the earthquake
The Beatification the Maronite patriarch behind modern Lebanon
Two Previously Unknown Homilies by Saint Augustine Found in Poland
How did the Lefebvrians end up in a second schism after 1988?
World
Vatican New Holy See Permanent Observer to UN: Hate speech is not freedom of expression

vaticannews.va: The new Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, Archbishop Christophe Z. El Kassis, presented his letter of appointment to the UN ...more

Arab World
Lebanon Beyond Lebanon’s famous shrines, these five hidden religious sites continue to draw pilgrims

Romy Haber/https://ewtnnews.com: When it comes to religious tourism in Lebanon, attention often turns to the Monastery of St. Maron in Annaya, home to the tomb of St. Charbel, or to ...more

Holy Land
Latin Patriarchate Book presentation: “The Word that heals the wounded heart”
Emiliano Eusepi/ lpj.org facebook: At Palazzo Borromeo, the headquarters of the Italian Embassy in the Vatican, the book "This is the hour of love: the heart to the Word, the face to ...more
Jordan: Senate's Palestine Committee, Apostolic Nuncio Dal Toso examine developments in Jerusalem
Jordan: Prime Minister Hassan chairs high-level committee for 2030 Baptism Site celebrations
Fr. Gabriel Romanelli: Re-opening of a Catholic school in Gaza “a sign of hope”
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CCSM: The Crown Prince’s visit to the Baptism Site will bear positive fruit

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The waters of the Jordan River in the hands of His Holiness the Pope

 By Fr. Dr. Rifát Bader

Do not be afraid because you are few in number!

 By Fr. Dr. Rif’at Bader

The Middle East Council of Churches and the Palestinians

 Professor Michel Abs/ secretary general of the Middle East Council of Churches

On the return to school

 By Fr. Dr. Rif’at Bader