New church in Ur to be place of understanding and pilgrimage
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New church in Ur to be place of understanding and pilgrimage

BAGHDAD (AsiaNews): According to Louis Raphael Cardinal Sako, patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldeans, the…

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Church leaders in Holy Land welcome Israel-Hamas ceasefire, urge delivering critical aid
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Church leaders in Holy Land welcome Israel-Hamas ceasefire, urge delivering critical aid

(OSV News): As news spread of a long-awaited ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, reactions…

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Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire sparks ‘profound hope’ 
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Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire sparks ‘profound hope’ 

(OSV News): A ceasefire brokered by the United States and France between Israel and the…

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Saints served generously, creatively, pope says at canonisation Mass
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Saints served generously, creatively, pope says at canonisation Mass

VATICAN (CNS): Pope Francis called on the faithful to yearn to serve, not thirst for…

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An end to the Eurocentric Church?
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An end to the Eurocentric Church?

Father Myron J. Pereira, SJ Most of us have grown up in a highly centralised…

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Pope calls escalation of conflict in Middle East ‘unacceptable’
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Pope calls escalation of conflict in Middle East ‘unacceptable’

VATICAN (CNS): Pope Francis called the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East “unacceptable,”…

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Holy Land patriarchs call for rapid ceasefire as conflict in Gaza nears one year mark
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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…

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