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Encyclical letter MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV
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 Joseph Aoun makes a critical visit to the White House July 21 to meet President Donald Trump with a plan on how to disarm the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group and secure Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon.   “However severe the crises facing Lebanon may become, this country is not lost ...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
Europe St. Mary Magdalene: The first witness to the Resurrection

Gretchen Siegel/ ewtnnews.com: Not much is known about the life of St. Mary Magdalene, whose feast day is celebrated in the Catholic Church on July 22. She first appears in the ...more

Arab World
Iraq Patriarch Paul Nona to ACN: Christians need to have trust before returning to Iraq

John Burger/ churchinneed.org: Eleven years after extremists forced him to leave his homeland, the newly-elected Patriarch of the Chaldean Church heard a promise directly from Iraq ...more

Holy Land
Latin Patriarchate Meditation of Cardinal Pizzaballa: XVII Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
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 17th Sunday of ...more
For Gaza Christians, World Cup final offers brief respite from horrors of war
The Dedication of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at the Monastery of the Poor Clares
Jerusalem: Dedication of Church and consecration of Altar, Monastery of St. Clare
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