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Catholics attend Mass at Palm Sunday in Jerusalem on March 29, 2026. (Credit: Mahmoud Illean/AP.)

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Anti-Christian violence is an ‘existential challenge’ for Israel, say Christian leaders in the Holy Land

by Fionn Shiner May 6, 2026

Gunmen fire their weapons as men carry the coffins with the bodies of Pierre Mouawad, an official with the anti-Hezbollah Lebanese Forces party, and his wife during their funeral in Yahshush, in Lebanon, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Credit: Emilio Morenatti/AP.)

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Melkite Catholic bishops express concern over Israeli demolitions in southern Lebanon

by Bassem Mroue May 5, 2026

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Interview: Israeli envoy says Christian presence in Middle East must be preserved

by Elise Ann Allen May 5, 2026May 6, 2026

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Israeli airstrikes kill 7 in southern Lebanon as a Catholic convent is bulldozed

by Bassem Mroue May 3, 2026

Man attacks nun in Jerusalem on April 29, 2026. (Credit: Israeli Police.)

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EXCLUSIVE: Latin patriarchate condemns ‘repulsive and barbaric’ attack on French nun in Jerusalem

by Fionn Shiner May 1, 2026

The Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon Archbishop Paolo Borgia, center, poses with residents next to a crucifix sent by Italy to replace one that was defaced last week by an Israeli soldier in the Christian village of Debel, south Lebanon, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (Credit: Houssam Naddaf via AP.)

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Lebanon resident recognizes family crucifix smashed by Israeli soldier in viral image

by Sally Abou AlJoud April 25, 2026

In this photo released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, right, meets with Pakistan's Army Chief Field Marshal Gen. Asim Munir in Tehran, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (Credit: Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP.)

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Archbishop, others support Pakistan efforts to work for peace in Iran

by Samy Magdy and Associated Press April 16, 2026

U.S. Vice President JD Vance, center, walks with Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshall Asim Munir, left, and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar after arriving for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, April 11, 2026. (Credit: Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via AP.)

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US and Iran end ceasefire talks and Vance heads home without an agreement

by Munir Ahmed and Associated Press April 12, 2026

Patriarch Theophilos III, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, center left, performs the Washing of the Feet ceremony, at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, after restrictions were lifted following a ceasefire reached between Iran, Israel and the United States, in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (Credit: Mahmoud Illean/AP.)

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Israel lifts restrictions at holy sites in Jerusalem after fragile ceasefire announced

by Sam Mednick and Associated Press April 10, 2026

Men carry the coffins with the bodies of Pierre Mouawad, an official with the anti-Hezbollah Lebanese Forces party, and his wife during their funeral in Yahshush, in Lebanon, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Credit: Emilio Morenatti/AP.)

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Lebanon buries a Christian official killed in an Israeli strike as anti-Hezbollah anger surges

by Kareem Chehayeb and Associated Press April 9, 2026

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