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Encyclical letter MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV
Palestine "Despite everything, hope". The appeal of the Custos from Monte alle Croci in Florence

Lorenzo Vita/ custodia.org: Keep the world's attention alive, do not lose hope, believe in peace and do not forget our brothers who live "where we are born as the Church and as Christians". This is the appeal launched by the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Ielpo, during the meeting "Despite everything, hope", held at the convent of Monte alle Croci in Florence, Italy.   The event, promoted by the John Paul II Foundation together with the Commissariat of th ...more

Abouna Opinion
On the return to school

By Fr. Dr. Rif’at Bader : The academic year has once again returned to its annual rhythm, with more than 2,200 ...more

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?
It’s Official Vatican Confirms Excommunication of the Lefebvrists
10th World Day of the Poor 2026: Leo XIV blames corruption, social media and discrimination
World
Latin America In the shadow of disaster, Venezuelan youths confirmed outside quake-damaged church

Nathalie Raffray/ acnuk.org: Forced from their church by an earthquake two months earlier, 62 youths from a small mountain community in Venezuela gathered outdoors to receive the ...more

Arab World
Lebanon The Middle East Council of Churches and the Palestinians

Professor Michel Abs/ secretary general of the Middle East Council of Churches : The Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) has maintained a longstanding commitment to the Palestinian people, rooted in the history of the ...more

Holy Land
Latin Patriarchate Text of Cardinal Pizzaballa's meditation marking the 23rd Sunday in ordinary time
His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem : Following is the text of the meditation by His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, marking the 23rd Sunday of ...more
Christian schools in Jerusalem protest non-renewal of entry permits for teachers
Holy Land: Johny Zeidan assumes duties as chief executive officer of the Latin Patriarchate
Bishop Shomali: Reopening of school at Holy Family Parish in Gaza a reminder that 'hope is stronger than fear’
Chosen articles

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

Abouna website: 23 years of disarmed media

 Fr. Dr.Rif’at Bader

The joy of summer and the impregnability of the safe homeland

 Fr. Dr. Rif’at Bader

The Baptism Development Zone: A Royal vision for a sacred future

 Kamel Mahadin