Tag: Middle East
Latin patriarch of Jerusalem visits Gaza City’s Holy Family Parish before Christmas
(OSV News): In a sign of closeness as Christmas approached, Pierbattista Cardinal Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch…
Bethlehem celebrates first Christmas tree lighting since war as pilgrims slowly return
BETHLEHEM (OSV News): Bethlehem rejoiced with the festive celebration of lighting a 20 metre Christmas…
Pope Leo in Lebanon: be artisans, heralds and witnesses of peace
BEIRUT (Vatican News/CNS): Pope Leo XIV concluded his final Mass in Beirut on December 2,…
Pope’s first trip to focus on religious harmony, peacemaking
VATICAN (CNS): By choosing to make his first trip as pope to Turkey and Lebanon,…
‘We need to pray a lot,’ pope says after Israeli attack in Qatar
VATICAN (CNS): The “whole situation” in the Middle East “is very serious,” Pope Leo XIV…
