Pakistan is ending its mandatory study of Islam for non-Muslim children in first through 12th grade and implementing a new... Read more
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said two women were targeted by an Israeli sniper on Dec. 16. Read more
The U.S. bishops are renewing their call for peace in the Holy Land as the Israel-Hamas war moves towards it... Read more
Vatican foreign minister Archbishop Paul Gallagher spoke by phone with his counterpart in Iran on Monday morning regarding the Israel-Hamas... Read more
The leader said he was hoping for a quick reopening of border access in Gaza and deployment of aid to... Read more
News reports on Tuesday said Al-Ahli Arabi Baptist hospital had been hit with a strike that killed as many as... Read more
The Latin Catholic patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, last week urged Catholics to devote Oct. 17 to prayer. Read more
The charity group on Saturday asked for aid access “before a dire humanitarian situation becomes a catastrophe.” Read more
Surprise attacks by Hamas on Israel early on Saturday killed at least dozens of people. Read more
A Maronite Catholic archbishop was bringing aid back to Lebanon when he was wrongly detained by Lebanese authorities at the... Read more
Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian has led the Armenian Catholic Church since September 2021. Read more
The leader of the Maronite Catholic Church received threats from Hezbollah supporters this week after calling for an end to... Read more
The pope hosted a day of prayer for Lebanon at the Vatican. Read more
The act of consecration took place at the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth. Read more
The act of consecration will take place June 27 in Nazareth’s Basilica of the Annunciation. Read more
The chair of the US bishops' international justice and peace committee on Thursday called gratifying Israel's decision to suspend the... Read more
An advocacy group for Christians and other religious minorities living in the Middle East has praised an agreement between Israel... Read more
Bishop Elias Zaidan of the Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles said that the prospect of... Read more
War is madness, Pope Francis told bishops gathered in the Italian city of Bari in a speech that warned against... Read more
The proposed Israeli-Palestinian peace plan announced this week is “no solution,” Catholic bishops of the Holy Land said on Wednesday. Read more