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Displaced Palestinians fleeing Beit Lahia amid ongoing Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip arrive in Jabalia, northern Gaza, on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (Credit: Jehad Alshrafi/AP.)

German-Israeli priest says Israel’s actions in Gaza are ‘genocidal’

Jun 27
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Palestinians carry bags containing food and humanitarian aid packages delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a U.S.-backed organization, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Credit: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP.)

Catholic charity condemns Israeli military’s approach to aid for Gaza

Jun 27
Charles Collins

Pallbearers carry the coffin of a victim of Sunday’s suicide bombing at Mar Elias Greek Orthodox Church during a funeral service at al-Saleeb Church in the al-Qasaa neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (Credit: Omar Sanadiki/AP.)

Pope Leo says terrorist attack on Greek Orthodox church in Syria is ‘vile’

Jun 25
Charles Collins

Yasmeen Mazzawi, an Arab Christian from Nazareth, serving as a volunteer paramedic with Magen David Adom (Red Shield of David), which is the Israeli member of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. (Credit: Magen David Adom.)

Israeli Arab Catholic describes working with Israel’s aid agency

Jun 16
Charles Collins

Destroyed buildings are seen inside the Gaza Strip from southern Israel, Jan. 13, 2025. (Credit: Ariel Schalit/AP.)

Gaza pastor says pope called, rejects Trump beach resort proposal

Apr 9
Elise Ann Allen

Palestinians grieve over the bodies of their relatives, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike, as they prepare for burial at a hospital in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (Credit: Jehad Alshrafi/AP.)

Catholic aid agency condemns Israeli attacks on Gaza

Apr 3
Charles Collins

Erbil archbishop named in federal lawsuit targeting Iraqi mob

Mar 29
Elise Ann Allen

A body is brought to the hospital in the Gaza Strip on March 18, 2025. (Credit: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP.)

Catholic charity condemns Israel’s renewed attacks on Gaza Strip

Mar 18
Charles Collins

Medics evacuate a wounded man during an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, on Jan. 21, 2025. (Credit: Majdi Mohammed/AP.)

Bishops say Israel-Gaza peace agreement give an ‘uncertain road’ to recovery

Jan 24
Charles Collins

Pope Francis at General Audience, Jan. 22, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Francis speaks to Catholics in Gaza parish after ceasefire

Jan 22
Charles Collins