Latin Patriarchate condemns school raid as Gaza community adapts to war
ROME – The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem on Sunday condemned an Israeli attack on a Catholic school in the Gaza Strip, leaving families housed there...
Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem condemns Israeli army attack on Catholic school
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem strongly condemned the attack on a Catholic school in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli military raid on a Catholic...
High Vatican diplomat: Modern conflicts are not considered a “just war”
ROME: The Commission for Justice and Peace in the Holy Land recently published a new document condemning the instrumentalization of the term “just war” as...
Death row acquittal shows that the death penalty is “not feasible” in the USA
NEW YORK – Following the 200th acquittal of a death row inmate in the United States since 1973 earlier this week, a Catholic organization that...
Dispute between Israel and Catholic leaders over Gaza as a “just war”
ROME: In the latest sign of tensions between Israel and the Catholic Church over the Gaza conflict, the Israeli embassy to the Vatican has sharply...
Pope Francis on the prayer for Creation Day: Protecting the environment is an “act of love”
Concern for creation, said the Pope, is not just an ethical question, but also a theological one. It is shaped by the “act of love”...
A voice that moved angels to tears
Do not interrupt the music. Ecclesiastes 32:3 I don’t like to brag, but when I was young I was a member of my school’s award-winning...
Pope Francis: Drug cartels are “dealers of death” and “murderers”
“Let us remember … that each drug addict brings with him a different personal story that must be listened to, understood, loved and, as far...
Praying with the Book of Psalms brings comfort and happiness, says the Pope
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In the book of Psalms there is a prayer for every state of mind and...
EU Bishop: Elections show that citizens are concerned about the Ukraine war
Crociata, who was elected president of COMECE for a five-year term in 2023, lamented the fact that only 51 percent of the 370 million eligible...