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ENCYCLICAL LETTER DILEXIT NOS OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS ON THE HUMAN AND DIVINE LOVE OF THE HEART OF JESUS CHRIST
Palestine Fr. Romanelli: Pope Leo XIV gives us new encouragement to persevere

Roberto Cetera/ vaticannes.va: In an interview with Vatican News, the parish priest of the Holy Family Church in Gaza, Fr. Gabriel Romanelli, described the atmosphere in the enclave at the moment.   “More than the lack of food, clean water, and medicine, more than the threat to our safety, what worries me most is that hope might be lost,” Fr. Romanelli explained.   Since people in the Gaza Strip are not being “treated as human beings with rights but as ob ...more

Abouna Opinion
The international community is present at the Holy See

Fr. Dr. Rif'at Bader : People came from every nook and cranny in the world to attend the inauguration of ...more

Will Turkey be Pope Leo XIV’s first trip?
Pilgrims Return to the Holy Land: A Sign of Hope and Faith
Press Conference with Cardinal Pizzaballa on the Election of Pope Leo XIV
First Call Between Zelensky and Leo XIV with Invitation for a Visit to Ukraine
Robert Francis Prevost: Who is the first Pope from the United States?
First moments of Leo XIV emerging as Pope from the Sistine Chapel
LIVE: Robert Prevost of the US named Pope Leo XIV
Final farewell to Pope Francis at St. Mary Major
Remembering Pope Francis' Visit to the Holy Land
KEYS: MOURNING OF POPE FRANCIS
World
Leo XIV Pope Leo's appeals for Gaza: 'Allow aid to enter, end the hostilities'

Deborah Castellano Lubov and Kielce Gussie/ vsticannews.va: "I renew my appeal to allow the entry of dignified humanitarian aid and to put an end to the hostilities, whose heartbreaking price is paid by the ...more

Arab World
Lebanon Succession of ecumenical generations

mecc.org: Christ is Risen! In the year one thousand seven hundred after the Council of Unity, Your disciples, O Lord, have come in great numbers from every ...more

Holy Land
Palestine For Gaza parish priest, Pope Leo's closeness gives hope, urges famine relief
Dario Salvi/ asianews.it: Fr. Gabriel Romanelli, the parish priest of the Latin Church of the Holy Family in Gaza, spoke to AsiaNews by phone about Pope Leo XIV’s homily at ...more
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa's reflection on Nicaea 2025
Jordan: Bishop Iyad Twal visits AUM, patronizes opening of Career Day
Patriarch Pizzaballa: ‘We cannot afford the luxury of giving up’
Chosen articles

The international community is present at the Holy See

 Fr. Dr. Rif'at Bader

Eastern Catholics… “You are precious in God’s eyes”

By Munir Bayouk/ en.abouna.org

The new Pope Leo XIV

 Fr. Dr. Rif'at Bader

Pope Leo XIV calls for "Building bridges" of peace

 By Munir Bayouk/ en.abouna.org

Habemus papam

By Munir Bayouk/ en.abouna.org