At an international conference on the crisis in Lebanon, the Holy See said it was “imperative” for the international community to support the country. By Joseph Tulloch Mgr. Mirosław Stanisław Wachowski, undersecretary for relations of the Holy See with States, called on the international community to safeguard the “independence, unity and territorial integrity” of Lebanon….
Vatican news In response to the Pope’s appeal, Catholics around the world are celebrating a day of prayer, fasting and almsgiving for peace in the Middle East. By Joseph Tulloch Today, Monday 7th October marks exactly one year since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas. Catholics around the world marked the anniversary…
Vatican news As Israeli bombs continue to hit schools in the Gaza Strip, the director general of Latin Patriarchate schools in Palestine and secretary general of Christian schools in the region, speaks about the effects of the ongoing war on students and its commitment to teaching peacemaking and conflict resolution through dialogue. By Olivier Bonnel…
Vatican news During the Angelus of the Solemnity of the Assumption, Pope Francis entrusts to Mary, Queen of Peace, the concern and pain of the peoples who suffer because of conflicts and war. He recalls the grave humanitarian crisis in Gaza and remembers all the peoples of the Middle East, Ukraine, Sudan and Myanmar. By…
Vatican news On the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Custos of the Holy Land, Father Francesco Patton, leads Mass on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem and urges the congregation to ask for the gift of peace in the Middle East. By Adriana Masotti Father Francesco Patton, Custos of the…
Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and Iran’s new President, Masoud Pezeshkian, discuss issues of common interest in a phone call, with Cardinal Parolin expressing the Holy See’s deep concern about the risk of an extension of the war in the Middle East. By Vatican News On Monday morning, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State…
Vatican news The Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Patton OFM, writes to the friars of the Custody to invite them to dedicate the solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, August 15, to prayer for peace in the Middle East and in the world. By Vatican News The Latin Patriarch of…
Vatican news Ten years after the devastation wreaked by ISIS in the historic region of Upper Mesopotamia, the Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul speaks to Vatican News about a careful rebuilding of trust among the region’s people. By Delphine Allaire In June 2014, Mosul and the Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq were captured by the Islamic…
Vatican news In this week's news from the Churches of the Orient, produced in collaboration with L'Œuvre d'Orient, a 1,500-year-old Byzantine church is discovered in Israel, Armenia recognizes the State of Palestine and Cardinal Pietro Parolin visits the Church in Lebanon. This week's Oriental News: Discovery of a Byzantine church in the Negev The remains…
Vatican news Pope Francis meets Thursday at the Vatican with King Abdullah II of Jordan, whom Pope Francis has known since the start of his pontificate. Deborah Castellano Lubov Pope Francis received King Abdullah II and his entourage at the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican on Thursday morning. The director of the Holy See Press…