Pope Leo calls for ceasefire in Middle East, special prayers for Lebanon
byBy Carol Glatz , Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Marking the two weeks since the U.S. and Israel launched their first attacks…
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US-Israeli war on Iran is failing the Church’s just war test, bishops warn
byBy Gina Christian , OSV News (OSV News) — Since the start of the U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran, some U.S. Catholic bishops…
Lebanese Maronite Catholic priest killed by Israeli tank fire in southern Lebanon
byBy Dale Gavlak , OSV News (OSV News) — A Lebanese Maronite Catholic priest has been killed in southern Lebanon when an Israeli artillery…
As violence spreads in the Middle East, Archbishop Fabre asks the faithful to join him in prayers for peace
byRecord Staff Report and OSV News From Pope Leo XIV to bishops around the world, religious leaders are appealing for peace after the United States…
Holy See at UN calls for end to Russia’s war in Ukraine ‘right now’
by(OSV News) — The Holy See’s diplomatic mission to the United Nations called for an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine “not at some…
Pray, do penance, everything possible for peace, pope says at audience
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — People were born to help communities thrive, not to kill others, Pope Francis said. “Please…
Pope prays for dialogue, reconciliation, peace in Ukraine
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis prayed for a conversion of hearts and a start to dialogue, reconciliation and…
As wider war threatens Middle East, pope asks Mary to intercede
byBy Cindy Wooden ROME — As fighting in the Middle East intensified and spread, Pope Francis turned to Mary, begging her to “intercede for…
Vatican says abortion, surrogacy, war, poverty are attacks on human dignity
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Being a Christian means defending human dignity and that includes opposing abortion, the death…
War is ‘folly,’ pope says as he leads prayers for Ukraine, Gaza
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis held up a well-thumbed, camouflage-covered pocket edition of the New Testament and Psalms…