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Palestinians grieve over the bodies of their relatives, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike, as they prepare for burial at a hospital in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (Credit: Jehad Alshrafi/AP.)

Catholic aid agency condemns Israeli attacks on Gaza

Apr 3
Charles Collins

Embassy condemns papal critique of ‘Israeli bombings’ in Gaza

Mar 25
Elise Ann Allen

A body is brought to the hospital in the Gaza Strip on March 18, 2025. (Credit: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP.)

Catholic charity condemns Israel’s renewed attacks on Gaza Strip

Mar 18
Charles Collins

This is a 1958 image of the Auschwitz extermination camp. (Credit: AP.)

Amid low point in Vatican-Israel relations, Francis condemns anti-Semitism on Auschwitz anniversary

Jan 27
Charles Collins

Medics evacuate a wounded man during an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, on Jan. 21, 2025. (Credit: Majdi Mohammed/AP.)

Bishops say Israel-Gaza peace agreement give an ‘uncertain road’ to recovery

Jan 24
Charles Collins

Palestinians flee their neighborhood in Gaza on Nov. 8, 2023. (Credit: Associated Press.)

Scottish Catholic aid agency says help is needed quickly after Gaza ceasefire

Jan 22
Charles Collins

Displaced Palestinians leave parts of Khan Younis to go back to their homes in Rafah in the Gaza Strip on Jan. 19, 2025. (Credit: Jehad Alshrafi/AP.)

Pope says Israel-Gaza peace deal shows negotiations can help bring peace

Jan 20
Charles Collins

Six flashpoints in ten days in Jewish/Catholic relations

Jan 5
John L. Allen Jr.

Day after Pope said he’d been blocked, Catholic patriarch enters Gaza after all

Dec 23, 2024
Crux Staff

Vatican Nativity scene with Palestinian keffiyeh causes a stir

Dec 11, 2024
Elise Ann Allen