Category: Middle East
Virtual pilgrimages to sanctuaries and shrines
ROME (CNS): Despite ongoing and unpredictable travel restrictions, there are still a number of important…
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Shrine of Lourdes to close temporarily
HONG KONG (SE): “For the first time in its history, the shrine will close its doors for some time,” the Read more
Tour the Vatican Museums via Internet
HONG KONG (SE): You may now visit the famed Vatican Museums for free via virtual Internet tour! Maybe you have Read more
Display of Shroud of Turin on Holy Saturday via Youtube
VATICAN CITY (CNS): With people forced to stay home, even during Holy Week, because of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, Archbishop Read more
As Bethlehem reopens, Christians uncertain about future
BETHLEHEM (CNS): Bethlehem residents returned to the Church of the Nativity as the holy site opened to visitors on May Read more
Holy Land Church leaders oppose plans to unilaterally annex West Bank land
JERUSALEM (CNS): “An array of plans for Israel to unilaterally annex West Bank land, backed mainly by right-wing factions, raises Read more
Good Friday collection for Holy Land moved to September
VATICAN (CNS): With Holy Week celebrations closed to the public due to the Covid-19 coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, Pope Francis postponed Read more
Aid agencies warn of health care collapse in Yemen
AMMAN (CNS): The Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD) the Catholic aid agency for England…
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Italy goes back to church post-lockdown
VATICAN (CNS): Bishops will need to help their communities participate more in parish life and return to taking part in Read more
In the same storm but not all in same boat
VATICAN (CNS): Humana Communitas’ in the Age of Pandemic, a new, eight-page reflection the Pontifical Academy for Life, notes that Read more
Duterte’s SONA address less than inspiring
MANILA (SE): On July 27, Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte delivered his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) spending about Read more
Call for action as hunger rate rises
VATICAN (CNS): Monsignor Fernando Chica Arellano, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) called Read more
As Bethlehem reopens, Christians uncertain about future
BETHLEHEM (CNS): Bethlehem residents returned to the Church of the Nativity as the holy site…
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Bethlehem closed down due to Covid-19 infections
HONG KONG (SE): It was reported by CNN that the governments of Israel and the Palestinian Authority imposed a closure Read more
East Jerusalem Catholic hospital gets coronavirus unit for Palestinians
JERUSALEM (CNS): When the Israeli Ministry of Health asked St. Joseph’s Hospital, run by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Read more
Rise in human trafficking amid Covid-19 pandemic
VATICAN (CNS): As governments and world leaders struggle to contain the Covid-19 coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, they must also work harder Read more
Italy goes back to church post-lockdown
VATICAN (CNS): Bishops will need to help their communities participate more in parish life and return to taking part in Read more
In the same storm but not all in same boat
VATICAN (CNS): Humana Communitas’ in the Age of Pandemic, a new, eight-page reflection the Pontifical Academy for Life, notes that Read more
Duterte’s SONA address less than inspiring
MANILA (SE): On July 27, Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte delivered his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) spending about Read more
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Maronite Catholics help as more Lebanese slide into poverty
BEIRUT (CNS): Lebanon’s Maronite Catholic Church is drawing up a comprehensive social assistance and food…
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Sinful stalling on debt relief for the poor at G20
ROME (CNS): “We had hoped the debt payment suspension for the world’s poorest countries would be continued into 2021 given Read more
Alarm over child labour in the Philippines
MANILA (UCAN): Bishop Roberto Mallari of San Jose, chairperson of the Episcopal Commission on Catechism and Catholic Education of the Read more
Mideast Catholic leaders call for peace and stability
CAIRO (CNS): Amid deadly protests in Iraq, a people’s uprising in Lebanon and continued suffering in Syria, the Council of Read more
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Holy Land Church leaders oppose plans to unilaterally annex West Bank land
JERUSALEM (CNS): “An array of plans for Israel to unilaterally annex West Bank land, backed…
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Trump’s peace plan adds fuel to fire Holy Land Catholic leaders say
JERUSALEM (CNS): The Assembly of the Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land in the Holy Land called the Peace-to-Prosperity plan Read more
As Covid-19 spreads, not all Holy Land sites open
JERUSALEM (CNS): On March 6, CNN reported that the Israeli authorities and the Palestinian Authority had closed down Bethlehem and Read more
East Jerusalem Catholic hospital gets coronavirus unit for Palestinians
JERUSALEM (CNS): When the Israeli Ministry of Health asked St. Joseph’s Hospital, run by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Read more
Bethlehem closed down due to Covid-19 infections
HONG KONG (SE): It was reported by CNN that the governments of Israel and the Palestinian Authority imposed a closure Read more
Mediterranean must be crossroad of peace and dialogue
VATICAN (CNS): The Catholic communities of every nation on the Mediterranean Sea must work together to promote peace, to aid Read more
Israeli occupation of Palestine is cause of conflict Christian leaders say
JERUSALEM (CNS): The Israeli “military occupation of Palestine” is the “root cause” of the continuing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, said three Christian Read more
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