Category: Middle East
Concerns as Covid-19 cases rise in Iraq ahead of pope’s visit
VATICAN (CNS): A week before Pope Francis was scheduled to arrive for his March 5…
Holy Land Franciscans offer online Lenten Way of the Cross
JERUSALEM (CNS): For a second year in a row, the Franciscan Custody of the Holy…
First Mass in 50 years at Jordan River chapel
QASR AL-YAHUD (CNS): For the first time in 54 years, a Mass was scheduled to…
Stand firm as a cedar pope encourages Lebanese people
VATICAN (CNS): As the people of Lebanon ended 2020 still dealing with the emotional and…
Low-key Christmas in Bethlehem
People wearing protective facemasks during Mass in the grotto of the Church of the Nativity…
