Palestine

The Trump administration on July 22 said the U.S. would withdraw from UNESCO, a group that has partnered with the Holy See on development and cultural projects.

Father Gabriel Romanelli said Israel’s strike on his Holy Family Parish in Gaza City was “terrible” as Cardinal Parolin called Gaza’s situation “unbearable.”

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee called for “harsh consequences” against Israeli settlers who attacked a church in the West Bank village of Taybeh.

Two leading U.S. Catholic bishops called for “renewed vigilance and action” against antisemitism following the May 21 killing of two Israeli Embassy staffers.

(OSV News) — With a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon barely holding, as both sides accuse each other of violations, hopes for even a fragile peace seem impossible for those …

(OSV News) — As the Israel-Hamas war edges toward the one-year mark, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem is calling on the faithful to pray for peace while observing the Assumption …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — President Joe Biden condemned unrest on some college campuses across the country amid protests of the war in Gaza, arguing that “dissent must never lead to …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — A prominent pro-life group pushed former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, to back federal legislation banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The …

(OSV News) — Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York has announced he will travel to Israel and Palestine amid a war now in its seventh month. The cardinal will …

(OSV News) — A bishop in Jerusalem has appealed for Christians to start returning to the Holy Land on pilgrimage, insisting they should visit holy places located within Israel and …