Middle East

Amid a sea of destruction, bringing in the materials that the strip requires without limitations” is crucial, said Joseph Hazboun of CNEWAPontifical Mission.

As a peace deal nears, Father Gabriel Romanelli, pastor of Gaza City’s Catholic parish, said the entire Gaza Strip has experienced a “tsunami” of destruction.

“We hope we can dedicate all our energy now not to rebuild just the infrastructure but the human life devastated by this war.”

“Much still needs to be defined. We must not delude ourselves, but we are pleased that something new and positive is on the horizon.”

Inon and his siblings issued a joint statement rejecting revenge in the name of their parents and spoke out about the deaths of civilians in Gaza.

“There is no longer any trust, no human interest of one side in the other. It is an inhumanity that is almost incomprehensible.”

As the Israel-Hamas war nears its third year with no end in sight, a Lebanese bishop said that peace is possible only with the power of forgiveness. 

Christians in northern Iraq have marked a powerful milestone of faith and survival.

“The emotion I felt when I heard the sound revealing itself after 800 years of silence was like … opening the tomb of a pharaoh.”

“The Gospel compels us to witness, to stand in solidarity with all those who suffer at the hands of terror, war and famine.”