1+ hour, 48+ min ago  (321+ words) The auxiliary bishop of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has said that attacks against Christians in the West Bank are increasing. "The number of attacks on Christians in the West Bank is increasing," Auxiliary Bishop William Shomali of Jerusalem said…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (477+ words) A Catholic priest was killed in artillery strikes by the Israeli military on a Christian village in south Lebanon on March 9. The attack formed part of Israel's ongoing offensive following the outbreak of the Gaza war in 2023. Fr Pierre Al-Raai…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago  (192+ words) US bishops warn of "tragedy of immense proportions" as Middle East conflict escalates'The Catholic Herald The president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has warned that mounting tensions between Washington and Tehran risk igniting a far wider conflagration…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (741+ words) Pope Leo XIV has warned of the increasing use around the world of "the iniquitous use of hunger as a weapon of war, while decrying the "despair that accompanies it. The pontiff's comments came in a message sent at the…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (380+ words) Bob Vylan, an English punk duo based in London, sparked controversy at this year's Glastonbury Festival following a politically charged performance that included what some have described as antisemitic chants. Despite neither member of the duo being Jewish or Palestinian,…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago  (422+ words) Pope Leo XIV has warned that violence against Christians in the East is raging "with a diabolical intensity" of the likes not seen before. The pontiff said it was "truly distressing" to see an intensity of violence "previously unknown", as…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (720+ words) Israel's Ambassador to the Holy See has defended the country's new military offensive against Iran as a service to global peace and security, and said the Pope can be an "influential" moral voice in advocating for justice and nuclear disarmament…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1042+ words) When I recently visited Lebanon with Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), I expected to find a suffering Church. Instead, I encountered a vibrant Christian community full of faith, hope and love. At the height of the latest war…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (482+ words) The last few decades have been terrible for Christians in the Levant and wider Middle East. The Iraq war and the rise of Islamic State and a myriad of other jihadist groups, as well as the Syrian Civil War, have…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (331+ words) Douglas Murray's new book, On Democracies and Death Cults, starts with the conclusion that extremist Islamism is, or has become, a death cult. But his approach is contingent on a recognition of the reality of evil. Those for whom a…...