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Encyclical letter MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV
Jordan Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan extends well wishes on 23rd anniversary of launching abouna website

en.abouna.org: Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan Archbishop Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso has sent a message to the members of staff of the Catholic Center for Studies and Media (CCSM) and the Abouna website team, marking the 23rd anniversary of the website’s launching, which coincides with the celebration of the Feast of Saint John the Baptist, the patron saint of Jordan.   In his message, Archbishop Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso said: “On this important and solemn ...more

Abouna Opinion
Abouna website: 23 years of disarmed media

Fr. Dr. Rif'at Bader : On August 27, 2026, the website of  Abouna “The Human Person, the heart of Media” ...more

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
Confirmed: Pope Leo says he will travel to Peru this coming November
World
Leo XIV Pope Leo mourns death of Norway’s King Harald V

By Deborah Castellano Lubov: King Harald V of Norway died at 6:35 a.m. on Friday at the Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, after being taken to the national hospital last ...more

Arab World
Lebanon A summer club organized by the Middle East Council of Churches in Syria

mecc.org: The Middle East Council of Churches (MECC), through its Diakonia and Social Service Department – Syria’s Office, organized a summer club for 102 ...more

Holy Land
Latin Patriarchate Cardinal Pizzaballa: The West Bank is a 'lawless land'
: The West Bank has now become “a lawless land” and tensions between settlers and the Palestinian population are continually rising. The situation is ...more
Official Assembly of the Catholic Ordinaries in Holy Land letter on the opening of the new scholastic year
Appeal from 'A Jerusalem Voice for Justice'
Holy Land: St. Joseph Medical Center inaugurated in Bethlehem
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