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On Holy Thursday, Pope Leo urges pastors to stand with the oppressed

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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.)

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

Mar 30
Melanie Lidman,
Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

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.)

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

Mar 29
Melanie Lidman,
Associated Press

A view of a building damaged in an Israeli airstrike, in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Monday, March 16, 2026. (Credit: Bilal Hussein/AP.)

Israel steps up campaign in Lebanon; Iran hits near Church of the Holy Sepulcher

Mar 17
Bassem Mroue,
Jamey Keaten, Samy Magdy

Palestinian parishioners check a recently installed Christmas tree after the previous one was destroyed at the Holy Redeemer Latin Church in the West Bank town of Jenin, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (Credit: Majdi Mohammed/AP.)

3 Palestinians arrested on suspicion of torching a Christmas tree at a Catholic church in West Bank

Dec 25, 2025
Melanie Lidman,
Associated Press

Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land, arrives at the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025. (Credit: Nasser Nasser/AP.)

Thousands flock to Bethlehem to revive the Christmas spirit after 2 years of war in Gaza

Dec 25, 2025
Melanie Lidman,
Associated Press

Christmas in Nazareth, Israel. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Christmas celebrations return to Nazareth in Israel

Dec 21, 2025
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV appeals for peace in Myanmar

Oct 19, 2025
Crux Now Staff

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, 2025
Charles Collins

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and Patriarch Theophilos III of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem visit Gaza after Thursday’s attack on the Church of the Holy Family, July 18, 2025. (Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.)

Pope Leo XIV calls Cardinal Pizzaballa about attack on Gaza church

Jul 18, 2025
Charles Collins

Yasmeen Mazzawi, an Arab Christian from Nazareth, serving as a volunteer paramedic with Magen David Adom (Red Shield of David), which is the Israeli member of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. (Credit: Magen David Adom.)

Israeli Arab Catholic describes working with Israel’s aid agency

Jun 16, 2025
Charles Collins

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