Tag: violence
Israeli government U-turns after outrage over blocking of holy site access in Jerusalem
(OSV News): Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, quickly reversed a controversial police action on March…
Israeli authorities halt Palm Sunday Mass at Jerusalem’s holiest site
(OSV News): Pierbattista Cardinal Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, and Franciscan Father Francesco Ielpo,…
Prayer continues at Holy Sepulchre amid ‘time of trial,’ restricted access
(OSV News): The Church of the Holy Sepulchre remains a place of continuous prayer despite…
Universal health coverage is ‘a moral imperative’ pope says
VATICAN (OSV/Vatican News): Universal health coverage is not “merely a technical goal to be achieved”…
Gaza and West Bank relief work strained as access limits persist
(LiCAS News): The Church in the Holy Land warned that restrictions on humanitarian access continue…
White House treating war like a video game is ‘sickening’ says US cardinal
(OSV News): Blase Cardinal Cupich of Chicago issued “a call to conscience,” deploring efforts to…
Caritas Philippines warns fossil fuel dependence fuels war and hardship
MANILA (LiCAS News): Caritas Philippines has warned that the escalating conflict in the Middle East…
