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Displaced infant Abdel-Rahman Abu El-Jedian, who suffers from polio, sleeps at a makeshift tent camp in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (Credit: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP.)

Catholic agency warns of polio crisis possible in Gaza

Oct 25, 2024
Charles Collins

Pope Francis appeals for peace in Lebanon in 2020. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope, Christian leaders press case for peace in Lebanon and Gaza

Aug 27, 2024
Crux Staff

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, speaks at the Meeting in Rimini, August 20, 2024. (Credit: Meeting at Rimini.)

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem says ‘we cannot speak of peace at the moment’

Aug 22, 2024
Crux Staff

Palestinians sort through trash at a landfill in Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza on June 20, 2024. (Credit: Kareem Hana/AP.)

UK Catholic agency supports reinstate of aid to UN Palestinian agency

Jul 20, 2024
Charles Collins

Before his election to Parliament, Shockat Adam speaks to voters in the city center of Leicester, England. (Credit: Shockat Adam for Parliament.)

Gaza conflict affects elections in the UK – and might be influential in the future

Jul 6, 2024
Charles Collins

Palestinians flee southern Gaza on July 1, 2024, after an evacuation order from Israeli forces. (Credit: Jehad Alshrafi/AP.)

Israel, Catholic leaders clash over Gaza as a ‘just war’

Jul 3, 2024
Crux Staff

Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in a hospital in Deir al Balah on June 18, 2024. (Credit: Abdel Kareen Hana/AP.)

Irish bishops say the Israel-Hamas war ‘is an attack on all of humanity’

Jun 21, 2024
Charles Collins

Hezbollah supporters watch a speech by Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, on June 19, 2024. (Credit: Bilah Hussein/AP.)

Archbishop says Israel-Gaza war causes conflict in Lebanon

Jun 20, 2024
Crux Staff

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa hugs a person at the Church of the Holy Family in Gaza, May 16, 2024. (Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.)

Gaza priest returns to parish, as Catholic charity urges peace in the Holy Land

May 23, 2024
Charles Collins

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, speaks to reporters after his trip to Gaza. (Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.)

Holy Land cardinal speaks after Gaza visit: ‘Enough killing!’

May 21, 2024
Charles Collins