Church in the Middle East Archives - Page 5 of 83 - Crux

Worshipers pray during Good Friday Mass at St. Anthony Church, which was devoted to expressing solidarity with Christian villagers in southern Lebanon displaced by the war in Jdeideh, a suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 3, 2026. (Credit: Emilio Morenatti/AP.)

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Displaced by war, Lebanon’s Christians mark Easter far from their homes and churches

by Kareem Chehayeb, Isabel Debre and Associated Press April 5, 2026

Zahra, 6, displaced from Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh, sits inside a tent used as a shelter along the beachfront in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (Credit: Emilio Morenatti/AP.)

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Lebanese displaced by war fill Beirut’s streets, upending city life

by Isabel Debre and Associated Press April 2, 2026

Displaced people who fled Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon sit i n tents in Beirut, Lebanon, on March 29, 2026. (Credit: Emilio Morenatti/AP.)

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Iran says its expelled ambassador won’t leave Lebanon as political tensions soar

by Kareem Chehayeb and Associated Press March 31, 2026

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, holds a prayer service to mark Palm Sunday in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (Credit: Ammar Awad/Pool Photo via AP.)

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Israeli police say new framework aims to ‘enable freedom of worship’ in Jerusalem

by Melanie Lidman, Nicole Winfield, AP and Associated Press March 30, 2026

Catholic worshipers carry their children on their shoulders as they march in a procession during a Palm Sunday Mass in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, March 29, 2026. The poster in the background reads in Arabic: “Honor, sacrifice and loyalty”. (Credit: Emilio Morenatti/AP.)

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Photos show Lebanon’s Catholics marking Palm Sunday as the shadow of war weighs heavily

by Hussein Malla, Emilio Morenatti and Associated Press March 30, 2026

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa at the Vatican on April 24, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

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Catholic cardinal refused entry to Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem

by Crux Now Staff March 29, 2026March 29, 2026

A locked door and empty stairs leading to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, closed to visitors amid heightened security during the war with Iran, Friday, March 27, 2026. (Credit: Mahmoud Illean/AP.)

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Jerusalem heads into a subdued Passover and Easter under the shadow of the Iran war

by Melanie Lidman and Associated Press March 29, 2026

A member of Syria's Internal Security Forces sits on a vehicle parked outside a church in the predominantly Christian town of Al-Suqaylabiyah, west of Hama, Syria, Saturday, March 28, 2026, following overnight violence. (Credit: Omar Albam/AP.)

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Sectarian attacks rock a Christian town in Syria after a dispute

by Omar Albam and Associated Press March 28, 2026

Israeli soldiers atop an APC in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (Credit: Ariel Schalit/AP.)

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Lebanese Christians fear another occupation as Israel threatens to use Gaza tactics in the south

by Kareem Chehayeb and Julia Frankel March 26, 2026

The Old City of Jerusalem in the Holy Land. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

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Cardinal Pizzaballa says ongoing Middle East conflict stopping regular celebration of Holy Week in Jerusalem

by Crux Now Staff March 23, 2026

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