As bombs fall on Beirut, a Lebanese school principal joined French President Macron at the Vatican to ask the Holy Father for help saving her pluralistic nation.
Pope Leo XIV addressed the Chaldean Catholic bishops in Rome, condemning the brutality of war and calling for peace as they elected a new patriarch, who most recently served in Australia.
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More than one-fifth of Lebanon — at least 1.3 million people — fled under urgent evacuation orders while airstrikes threaten their homes.
In his Holy Week message and Palm Sunday homily, Bishop Martinelli tells Catholics that war will not have the final word.
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St. Rafqa, who died on March 23, 1914, was a holy Lebanese religious who dedicated her life to Jesus Christ and was canonized by St. John Paul II.
The US president was asked about the appeal from his countryman Pope Leo for a ceasefire and dialogue in the Middle East.
The Vatican Secretary of State urged the leaders of the USA and Israel to end the war in the Middle East "as soon as possible" through "peaceful channels."
Pope Leo reiterated his plea for dialogue and full respect for international law.
Pope Leo highlights Lebanon as particularly concerning in the midst of two weeks now of the "horrific violence of war."
Citing his age, the Iraqi cardinal had asked Pope Leo XIV to allow him to step down after 13 years as the head of the Chaldean Church in the midst of the incredible difficulties of war and conflict.
When we hear news about Christians in the Middle East, there are often references to the Chaldeans or the Chaldean Church. Who or what are they?
The see of the Archdiocese of Tehran-Isfahan is located in the Italian embassy, so Cardinal Dominique Mathieu was evacuated along with the embassy staff.
Maronite Father Pierre el-Raï among the hundreds of victims of the war.
Christians in much of the Middle East have long faced persecution, and Iran is one of the worst culprits. Time will tell how the current war will affect the situation.
During Lent, Canada’s bishops call Catholics to pray for peace as war spreads across Iran and the Middle East and tensions risk wider conflict.
