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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2022, at the U.N. headquarters. The U.N. General Assembly is expected to vote Friday, May 10, 2024, on a resolution that would grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine and call on the Security Council to favorably reconsider its request to become the 194th member of the United Nations. (Credit: Julia Nikhinson/AP.)

At United Nations, Vatican calls for Two-State Solution in Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Jul 31
Charles Collins

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III, The Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, speak to journalists on July 22, 2015. (Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.)

Latin Patriarch says ‘dignity of the human spirit’ remains in Gaza

Jul 23
Charles Collins

Palestinians gather around the bodies of Dr. Marwan al-Sultan, the director of the Indonesian Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, his wife, his daughter, and his son-in-law, after they were killed in an Israeli airstrike, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, on July 2, 2025. (Credit: Jehad Alshrafi/AP.)

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem says war in Gaza is ‘inexcusable’

Jul 22
Crux Staff

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, surrounded by ministers from the government attends a session of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday, July 14, 2025. (Credit: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP.)

Israeli ambassador to Holy See says actions of Hamas reason for war in Gaza

Jul 22
Charles Collins

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and Patriarch Theophilos III of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem visit Gaza after Thursday’s attack on the Church of the Holy Family, July 18, 2025. (Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.)

Pope Leo XIV calls Cardinal Pizzaballa about attack on Gaza church

Jul 18
Charles Collins

Tents sheltering displaced Palestinians are seen amid war-damaged infrastructure in Gaza City, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (Credit: Jehad Alshrafi/AP.)

Patriarchs of Jerusalem jointly condemn strike on Catholic church in Gaza

Jul 18
Charles Collins

Father Gabriel Romanelli, Latin parish priest of Gaza Strip, left, prays during the midnight Christmas Eve mass at Deir Al Latin Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City, Dec. 24, 2021. (Credit: Adel Hana/AP.)

Catholic church in Gaza hit by Israeli forces, two killed, priest among the injured

Jul 17
Charles Collins

Taybeh, a town in the West Bank. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Christian leaders condemn violence by Israeli settlers on West Bank town

Jul 14
Crux Staff

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