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The sacred images invite commuters to contemplate “the Love of the one God, which inflames and ignites hearts to walk with gentleness, humility.”

The recent 12-day war between Israel and Iran has brought about fear and anxiety in the country and tested the faith of its small Catholic community, said Belgian Cardinal Dominique …

A ceasefire between Israel and Iran seemed to be holding after President Donald Trump expressed frustration June 24 with both countries.

The U.S. has attacked three nuclear facilities in Iran, a move that comes amid repeated pleas from Pope Leo XIV and other church leaders for peace and dialogue.

After the U.S. bombed three nuclear-enrichment facilities in Iran, Pope Leo XIV called the situation “alarming” and said diplomacy was the only way forward.

Amid Israeli airstrikes carried out on nuclear sites in Iran and retaliatory drone attacks on Israel, Trump is reportedly weighing the degree to which the U.S. will or will not …

The world must resist the allure of modern weapons which threaten to give conflicts a ferocity surpassing that of previous wars, Pope Leo XIV said.

JERUSALEM (OSV News) — As continued bombardment between Israel and Iran entered its fifth day, Catholic clergy in both countries called for peace and an end to further bloodshed in …

Iran — which claimed the strikes had also killed civilians — has retaliated with ballistic missile attacks on Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and central Israel.

Pope Leo XIV appealed for restraint and renewed the church’s calls for nuclear disarmament and peaceful dialogue.