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Encyclical letter MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV
Jordan Jordan: The Catholic Church marks the Annual Pilgrimage Day to the Grotto of Saint Elijah

en.abouna.org: On Friday, July 24, 2026, the Catholic Church in Jordan marked the Annual Pilgrimage Day to the Grotto of Saint Elijah in Ajloun--one of the Kingdom's major Christian pilgrimage sites--with a solemn Mass celebrated by His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.   The Holy Mass was concelebrated by Latin Patriarchal Vicar for Jordan Bi ...more

Abouna Opinion
Euthanasia between legislation and conscience

Fr. Dr. Rif’at Bader : The issue of euthanasia has once again come to the fore of European public debate ...more

Two Previously Unknown Homilies by Saint Augustine Found in Poland
How did the Lefebvrians end up in a second schism after 1988?
It’s Official Vatican Confirms Excommunication of the Lefebvrists
10th World Day of the Poor 2026: Leo XIV blames corruption, social media and discrimination
Confirmed: Pope Leo says he will travel to Peru this coming November
Receiving First Communion amid the bombings: the ordeal of Lebanese children
Spanish journalist publishes new biography on Pope Leo XIV, 'the Lion of Peace'
Pope Leo XIV: “War does not solve problems, but aggravates them”
These are the key points of 'Magnifica Humanitas', the first encyclical of Pope Leo XIV
Pope Leo XIV and Aram I of the Armenians pray together at the Vatican
World
Vatican Cardinal Tagle to the Churches of Asia: “Walking Together”, learning from the first steps of a child

fides.org: Speaking at the 12th Plenary Assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) taking place at Hotel Mulia in Jakarta, Indonesia, ...more

Arab World
Lebanon Lebanon’s Cardinal Bechara Rai urges prayer, guidance as its president visits the White House

By Dale Gavlak/ OSV NEWS and catholicreview.org: Lebanon’s Cardinal Bechara Rai, the patriarch of the country’s Maronite Catholic Church, has urged for prayer and guidance as Lebanese President ...more

Holy Land
Palestine “Christians finding it ‘very difficult’ to stay in the Holy Land”
Sarah Mac Donald/ thetablet.co.uk: The Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem, an ancient chivalric order that supports the Latin Patriarchate of ...more
Meditation of Cardinal Pizzaballa: XVII Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
At the Holy Sepulcher the feast of Saint Mary Magdalene: “Whom are you looking for?”
For Gaza Christians, World Cup final offers brief respite from horrors of war
Chosen articles

Euthanasia between legislation and conscience

 By Fr. Dr. Rif'at Bader

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God."

 Professor Michel Abs/ Secretary General of the Middle East Council of Churches

The pain of a rupture

 Andrea Tornielli

O pilgrims of the world, return to the Holy Land!

 By Fr. Dr. Rif’at Bader

Lefebvre's schism repeated 38 years later

 Andrea Tornielli