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Latin Patriarchate Cardinal Pizzaballa: Keep attention on the Holy Land, West Bank, and Gaza

Guglielmo Gallone/ vaticannews.va: “In Israel, no one talks about a peace process anymore.”   Three years after October 7, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, describes a Holy Land gripped by mistrust in an interview with the Vatican's media outlets. This mistrust characterizes an increasingly fragmented Israeli society, but it is also felt among Christian communities and residents of the West Bank in the State of Palestine. As the cardin ...more

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The word between sowing hatred and making peace

By Fr. Dr. Rif’at Bader : I have taken part in Cairo in the regional conference organized by the Middle East ...more

The Vatican’s humanitarian bridge between Russia and Ukraine
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