Category: Middle East
‘Every war is a defeat!’ Pope Francis says, praying for peace in Israel and Palestine
(SE): As fresh violence erupted in the Holy Land on October 7, when Hamas militants…
Israeli president calls attacks on Christians unacceptable
HAIFA (OSV News): Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, denounced the increasing violence against Christians in Israel…
First visit to Jerusalem in 60 years by a Syriac Orthodox Patriarch
JERUSALEM (AsiaNews): On May 4, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II visited the…
Calls for protection after attack at Tomb of the Virgin Mary in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (OSV News): The Greek Orthodox Church March 19 denounced what it called a “heinous…
Abrahamic Family House opens in Abu Dhabi, a fruit of papal visit in 2019
(OSV News): A unique multifaith centre of worship encompassing a church, a synagogue and a…
