Amid growing controversy over the Israeli Knesset’s recent approval of a law permitting the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners, the Catholic Church in the Holy Land is raising its voice in ...

"Church leaders here asked people from the United States to come and stand in solidarity with their brothers and sisters. That concept of solidarity is central to my faith, to the way that I think ...

Catholic assembly calls for accountability, says incident reflects 'grave affront' to Christian faith | Anadolu ...

The Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023 and the Israeli response to it has “plunged” the Holy Land “into a vortex of violence and hatred never seen or experienced before,” Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, ...

This is not the first time the Israeli embassy to the Holy See, led by outgoing ambassador Raphael Schutz, has criticized Catholic leaders’ statements on the war. SOUTHERN ISRAEL, ISRAEL: An Israeli ...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The top Catholic leader in the Holy Land visited the Gaza Strip’s only Catholic church on Friday to share a message of Christmas hope and support as conditions in the ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, presides over an hour of adoration and vespers Oct. 7, 2024, in the Pro Cathedral of the Latin Patriarchate in the Old City of Jerusalem ...