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Pope Leo XIV appeals for peace in Myanmar

Category: Church in the Middle East | Crux

Church in the Middle East

Egyptian Red Crecent members monitor trucks carrying humanitarian aids as they enter the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, following an agreement between Israel and Hamas on a ceasefire, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (Credit: Mohamed Arafat/AP.)

Christian leaders in Holy Land praise peace deal in Gaza

Oct 15
Charles Collins

Palestinians carry sacks of flour unloaded from a humanitarian aid convoy on the outskirts of Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Aug, 23, 2025. (Credit: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP.)

British cardinal joins Church leaders in calling for an end to the war in Gaza

Sep 19
Charles Collins

Smoke rises from an explosion, allegedly caused by an Israeli strike in Doha, Qatar, on Sep. 9, 2025. (Credit: UGC via AP.)

The pope calls Israeli attack on Hamas leadership in Qatar ‘really serious’

Sep 9
Associated Press

Archaeological find confirms 7th century Christian presence on UAE island

Aug 25
Crux Staff

Ma'ale Adumim municipality in the West Bank. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

British bishops condemn Israeli plan to expand settlement in West Bank

Aug 23
Charles Collins

Humanitarian aid is airdropped to Palestinians over Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (Credit: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP.)

Catholic Church holds day of prayer and fasting for peace in Gaza

Aug 22
Charles Collins

People take part in a protest calling for an end of the war in Gaza in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Aug. 16, 2025. (Credit: Mahmoud Illean/AP.)

Church in Ireland calls for prayers for Gaza on Sunday

Aug 19
Charles Collins

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2022, at the U.N. headquarters. The U.N. General Assembly is expected to vote Friday, May 10, 2024, on a resolution that would grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine and call on the Security Council to favorably reconsider its request to become the 194th member of the United Nations. (Credit: Julia Nikhinson/AP.)

At United Nations, Vatican calls for Two-State Solution in Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Jul 31
Charles Collins

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III, The Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, speak to journalists on July 22, 2015. (Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.)

Latin Patriarch says ‘dignity of the human spirit’ remains in Gaza

Jul 23
Charles Collins

Palestinians gather around the bodies of Dr. Marwan al-Sultan, the director of the Indonesian Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, his wife, his daughter, and his son-in-law, after they were killed in an Israeli airstrike, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, on July 2, 2025. (Credit: Jehad Alshrafi/AP.)

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem says war in Gaza is ‘inexcusable’

Jul 22
Crux Staff

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Pope Leo XIV appeals for peace in Myanmar

Oct 19
Crux Staff

Leo XIV on World Mission Sunday: ‘Will the Son of Man find faith on Earth?’

Oct 19
Crux Staff

King Charles III’s visit to Vatican marks a historic step in path of unity between two churches

Oct 17
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Lawyer urges judge to acquit British ex-soldier in 1972 Bloody Sunday killings in Northern Ireland

Oct 17
Brian Melley,
Associated Press