International
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Religious community keeping children safe from gangs in Haiti
By Admin Webmaster 11/8/2023 8:19:32 AMSister Paësie, a French Missionary of the Sisters of Charity working in violence-gripped Haiti, speaks to Vatican News about the Kizito Family she founded six years ago to protect street children in the Cité du Soleil slum of Port-au-Price from gangs.
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Holy See calls for 'just peace' in Israel and Palestine
By Admin Webmaster 11/7/2023 8:55:51 PMThe Holy See calls for a just peace that meets Palestinian and Israeli demands. It also expresses concern for the humanitarian situation in Gaza, and upholds the support and protection provided to civilians by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), appealing for it to be able to continue.
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‘We just want to stay alive’: An appeal from Gaza
By Admin Webmaster 11/7/2023 9:14:14 AMAs war continues to rage in the Gaza Strip, Rami, a Palestinian man trapped there with his family, shares his experience of the situation and daily life in the enclave.
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Abdelsalam: Faith leaders have pivotal role in combatting climate change
By Admin Webmaster 11/6/2023 9:07:08 PMThe Secretary-General of the Muslim Council of Elders, Judge Mohamed Abdelsalam, highlights the influence of religious leaders and their role in driving climate action worldwide at a Global Faith Summit in Abu Dhabi ahead of COP28.
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Caritas Lebanon assisting 20,000 IDPs due to war in Holy Land
By Admin Webmaster 11/6/2023 8:38:19 PMAs Israel and Hezbollah carry out intermittent strikes on the sidelines of the war in Gaza, Caritas Lebanon is working to assist the thousands of Lebanese who have fled their homes near the border over fears of a violent escalation.
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Faith Summit in Abu Dhabi to highlight role of believers in addressing climate change
By Admin Webmaster 11/6/2023 8:55:07 AMAhead of the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, religious leaders from around the world are meeting in Abu Dhabi to emphasize the role of believers in the response to the global crisis of climate change.
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Pope Francis speaks with Iranian President by phone
By Admin Webmaster 11/6/2023 8:51:19 AMPope Francis holds a telephone conversation with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, according to the Holy See Press Office.
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UAE set to host global faith summit on climate action ahead of COP28
By Admin Webmaster 11/5/2023 6:36:27 AMAbu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, hosts the Global Faith Summit on Climate Action on 6-7 November, bringing faith leaders together with climate experts and others to work toward climate justice.
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WCC condemns bombing of Greek Orthodox Centre in Gaza
By Admin Webmaster 11/4/2023 7:01:27 AMThe World Council of Churches says it stands in solidarity with the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem after Israeli airstrikes destroyed the Orthodox Cultural Centre in Gaza earlier this week.
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Pope Francis calls Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
By Admin Webmaster 11/3/2023 9:59:11 PMPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks with Pope Francis, thanking him for his peace-building efforts and urging him to continue pressing for a ceasefire.
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Red Crescent: No safe place in Gaza to provide humanitarian aid
By Admin Webmaster 11/2/2023 8:20:40 AMThe Palestine Red Crescent runs hospitals and provides first aid in Gaza, but a spokesman for the IFRC says the humanitarian situation is growing more difficult by the day.
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Pontifical Mission for Palestine supporting civilians in Gaza
By Admin Webmaster 11/2/2023 8:08:13 AMJoseph Hazboun, Director of the Pontifical Mission for Palestine, laments the devastation already wrought in the Israel-Hamas war, and highlights the work his organization carries out in Gaza to assist Christian refugees.
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UNRWA calls for Gaza ceasefire and access for humanitarian aid
By Admin Webmaster 10/31/2023 9:27:54 AMThe Director of Human Resources of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) appeals for safe delivery of aid to besieged Gaza, and warns that ongoing attacks will deepen divides and exacerbate polarization, undermining peace and stability in the region with global consequences.
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Cardinal Parolin reaffirms Vatican’s commitment to pursue peace in Ukraine
By Admin Webmaster 10/31/2023 9:21:17 AMThe Holy See expresses support for the Ukrainian President’s “Plan for Peace” especially in regards to humanitarian issues. It also a reaffirms its commitment to continue its efforts aimed at alleviating the sufferings of the Ukrainian people and the return of prisoners and children to Ukraine.
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Archbishop Gallagher speaks with Iran’s Foreign Minister by phone
By Admin Webmaster 10/30/2023 4:14:48 PMArchbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican’s Secretary for Relations with States, speaks by phone with the Foreign Minister of Iran about the need to avoid escalation in the Middle East.
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Fr. Faltas: War in Holy Land is like hell on earth
By Admin Webmaster 10/29/2023 6:55:13 AMThe Vicar of the Custody of the Holy Land, Fr. Ibrahim Faltas, describes the situation and the feelings of the local Christian community as war in the Holy Land escalates further.
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Fr. Rifat Bader: Ceasefire needed not tomorrow, but today
By Admin Webmaster 10/29/2023 6:47:59 AMIn an interview with Vatican News on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Jordanian Father Rifat Badar, of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, calls for solutions that work for both Palestine and Israel.
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Gaza: UNESCO calls for an immediate halt to strikes against schools
By Admin Webmaster 10/28/2023 7:59:22 PMUNESCO expresses deep concern about the impact of ongoing hostilities in the Gaza Strip on students and education professionals, emphasizing the need to protect educational establishments.
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Holy See reiterates two-State solution is only path to peace
By Admin Webmaster 10/27/2023 6:51:36 PMSpeaking at the UN Security Council in New York on the war ravaging the Holy Land, the Permanent Observer of the Holy See, Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, urges Israeli and Palestinian authorities to show courage for peace by agreeing to work for the two-state solution.
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Pope speaks by phone with Turkish President Erdoğan about war in Holy Land
By Admin Webmaster 10/26/2023 8:14:43 PMPope Francis holds a telephone conversation with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Türkiye, to discuss the "dramatic situation" in the Holy Land.
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Pope speaks by phone with Turkish President Erdoğan about war in Holy Land
By Admin Webmaster 10/26/2023 8:14:17 PMPope Francis holds a telephone conversation with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Türkiye, to discuss the "dramatic situation" in the Holy Land.
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Patriarch Pizzaballa sends prayers to ‘my dear ones in Gaza’
By Admin Webmaster 10/26/2023 10:05:59 AMCardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, sends a video message to “my dear ones in Gaza” to express his closeness and solidarity.
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Nadav Kipnis: 'My parents died on kibbutz where they worked for peace'
By Admin Webmaster 10/26/2023 9:58:56 AMThe account of the son of Eviatar and Liliach Kipnis, victims of the Hamas terrorist attack on 7 October. Seven of the young man's family members are still being held hostage. "Witnessing gives us the strength we need to bring them back to us."
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Parish priest: ‘Gaza is full of ordinary people who pose no threat to anyone'
By Admin Webmaster 10/26/2023 9:55:51 AMFr. Gabriel Romanelli, parish priest of the Holy Family Church in Gaza, says his community needs peace and humanitarian corridors. His appeal for a halt to the bombings was recorded on Tuesday, the day before an air strike caused extensive damage to the area adjacent to the parish where hundreds of refugees are sheltered.
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Pope appeals for release of hostages, entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza
By Admin Webmaster 10/26/2023 9:39:25 AMPope Francis renews his appeal to release Israeli hostages and to let humanitarian aid reach Gaza, while inviting the faithful to join him in praying for peace on Friday, 27 October.
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World Polio Day: UNICEF reduced cases by 99 percent worldwide
By Admin Webmaster 10/25/2023 9:05:02 AMOn World Polio Day, UNICEF says over 2.5 billion children have received the polio vaccine, reducing cases of the disease by 99% over the past three decades.
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‘We are people of peace, it is so sad this happened to us’
By Admin Webmaster 10/25/2023 9:00:54 AMThe drama of the Israeli hostages captured during the Hamas attack on 7 October: A conversation with a Jewish woman of Argentine origins who has five relatives in the hands of terrorists in Gaza.
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Israel-Palestine: Life on the West Bank Barrier
By Admin Webmaster 10/25/2023 8:56:12 AMSr Anna Maria Sgaramella, a Comboni missionary whose convent lies directly on Israel’s Separation Wall, speaks to Vatican News about the situation on the ground there, and the Comboni sisters’ work for peace.
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Patriarch Pizzaballa: Bombing Gaza is not the solution
By Admin Webmaster 10/25/2023 8:51:46 AMIn an interview with Vatican Media, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem expresses his sorrow for all the victims of the conflict that is bloodying the Holy Land, saying Hamas has committed unjustifiable atrocities but that "starving two million people will not help."
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Patriarch Pizzaballa sends letter to faithful of Jerusalem, calls for peace
By Admin Webmaster 10/24/2023 6:15:42 PMCardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, releases a pastoral letter to the faithful of his diocese, condemning acts of violence and calling for a just and lasting peace in the Holy Land.