Category: Middle East
Pope calls escalation of conflict in Middle East ‘unacceptable’
VATICAN (CNS): Pope Francis called the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East “unacceptable,”…
Holy Land patriarchs call for rapid ceasefire as conflict in Gaza nears one year mark
JERUSALEM (OSV News): With the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip approaching one-year mark, the…
Pope joins calls for investigation into 2020 Beirut port explosion
VATICAN (CNS): Four years after the catastrophic 4 August 2020 explosion that rocked the port…
Interreligious dialogue currently in ‘crisis’ says patriarch of Jerusalem
VATICAN (CNS): Dialogue between religious communities in the Holy Land is “in crisis,” Pierbattista Cardinal…
Pope pleads for restraint in Middle East after killing of Hamas leader
VATICAN (CNS): As fears of a widening war in the Middle East grew again in…
