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Apostolic exhortation ‘LAUDATE DEUM’ of Holy Father Francis on climate crisis
Francis Pope Francis presented with Holy Land peace perspective

Roberto Cetera and Linda Bordoni/ vaticannews.va: "It was an important and emotional meeting. The Holy Father showed extraordinary interest in the peace efforts in the Middle East," said Ehud Olmert, after being received by Pope Francis on Thursday, October 17, together with Nasser Al-Kidwa and a delegation of peace activists in the Vatican.   Olmert who served as Prime Minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009, and before that as cabinet minister and mayor of Jerusalem, was welcomed by th ...more

Abouna Opinion
Pope Francis tells the Christians of the East: “You are sprouts of hope”

By Fr. Dr. Rif’at Bader : Pope Francis' letter to the Christians in the East incorporates several messages. He ...more

Card. Zuppi returns to Moscow to continue peace mission entrusted to him by the Pope
22 formerly homeless kids find their home in the Catholic Church
Vatican's "diplomatic" gesture to Saudi Arabia, with which it has no relations
Lebanon: No generation spared
The Pope and Francis of Assisi, the saint after whom he was named
Israeli-Lebanon conflict: the situation facing Lebanese Christians
Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem calls for a day of prayer for an end to the year of war
Pope Francis says situation in Lebanon is “unacceptable”
Vatican gives green light on Medjugorje—but urges caution
Best messages from papal trip to Indonesia, Papua New Guina, East Timor and Singapore
World
Vatican Bishop Martinelli: 'The Synod shows the way for peaceful coexistence'

Antonella Palermo and Lisa Zengarini/ vaticannews.va: “To stop the current spiral of violence there is an urgent need to revise the protocols of diplomacy, but we also need the witness of people of faith ...more

Arab World
Lebanon 'Remember the Christians left behind in Lebanon’ says nun who remains left alone in convent

Donna Birrell/ premierchristian.news/: A nun has remained alone at a convent in southern Lebanon to minister to thousands of Christians still in the region.   Sister Maya El Beaino of ...more

Holy Land
Palestine Holy Land: Bethlehem University launches breast cancer awareness campaign
bethlehem.edu: Bethlehem University’s Midwifery Department recently hosted a successful annual event as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The event, held at ...more
The peregrination to Capernaum, prayer and fraternity
Custody of the Holy Land celebrates Our Lady of the Pillar, its friendship with Spain
Holy Land: The Feast of St. Daniel Comboni marked in Jerusalem
Chosen articles

Holy Land reflection: “This is not a religious war”

 indcatholicnews.com

Pope Francis tells the Christians of the East: “You are sprouts of hope”

 By Fr. Dr. Rif’at Bader

On King Abdullah II’s historic speech at the United Nations

 Rula Samain

Lebanon: A story of humiliation and an epic of steadfastness

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

With the King… we reject a world governed by capitulation

 Fr. Dr. Rif'at Bader