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Medics evacuate a wounded man during an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, on Jan. 21, 2025. (Credit: Majdi Mohammed/AP.)

Bishops say Israel-Gaza peace agreement give an ‘uncertain road’ to recovery

Jan 24
Charles Collins

Pope Francis at General Audience, Jan. 22, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Francis speaks to Catholics in Gaza parish after ceasefire

Jan 22
Charles Collins

Palestinians flee their neighborhood in Gaza on Nov. 8, 2023. (Credit: Associated Press.)

Scottish Catholic aid agency says help is needed quickly after Gaza ceasefire

Jan 22
Charles Collins

Two men walk near the border with Gaza in southern Israel on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Credit: Ariel Schalit/AP.)

Holy Land Catholic leaders: End of the war is not end of the conflict

Jan 17
John Lavenburg

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun reviews the honor guard at the Lebanese Parliament in Beirut, Lebanon, on Jan. 9, 2025. (Credit: Hussein Malla/AP.)

Lebanon needs health Christian community, ambassador to Vatican says

Jan 15
Crux Staff

Top Vatican diplomat seeks to mediate peace in the Middle East

Jan 14
Elise Ann Allen

Day after Pope said he’d been blocked, Catholic patriarch enters Gaza after all

Dec 23, 2024
Crux Staff

Opposition fighters celebrate in Damascus, Syria, Sunday Dec. 8, 2024. (Credit: Hussein Malla/AP.)

Archbishop says Christians have a role to play in the new Syria

Dec 18, 2024
Crux Staff

Holy Land patriarchs call for Christmas ceasefire throughout Middle East

Dec 17, 2024
Elise Ann Allen

An opposition fighter steps on a broken bust of the late Syrian President Hafez Assad in Damascus, Syria, Sunday Dec. 8, 2024. (Credit: Hussein Malla/AP.)

Argentinian priest in Aleppo says Christians are not being targeted

Dec 11, 2024
Eduardo Campos Lima