JERUSALEM (OSV News) — Amid the turmoil of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, Father Francesco Patton, the custos of the Holy Land, has a unique perspective on the plight of Christians …
Father Patrick Briscoe
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank (OSV News) — In the birthplace of hope, Shibly Kando’s Christmas is marked by uncertainty as war has left his long-planned shop empty and his community struggling …
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank (OSV News) — The Christmas spirit in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Christ, was festive yet overshadowed on Christmas Eve by the grim realities of the ongoing Israel-Hamas …
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This Christmas, while massive crowds of pilgrims will flock to Rome for the opening of the Jubilee year, I’ll be spending the holy season in Bethlehem. For many, Rome’s grand …
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JERUSALEM (OSV News) — Speaking just hours after his wartime Christmas visit to Gaza City Holy Family Parish, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, delivered a poignant Christmas message …
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As the long days of summer fade and autumn’s cool, crisp air starts to settle in, it’s hard not to feel a shift in our spirits, too. I’m not one …
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Andrea Long Chu, a male who identifies as a transgender woman, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for criticism for “book reviews that scrutinize authors as well as their works, using …