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Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Gaza ceasefire ‘finally a step closer’ after UN Security Council resolution, says CAFOD

March 26, 2024

The United Nations Security Council on 26 March passed a resolution that calls for an immediate cease-fire during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. It also called for an unconditional release of all hostages. According to CAFOD, England’s leading Catholic international aid agency, as a result of the UN resolution, the conditions needed to prevent

Pope Francis asks Catholics to join prayer for peace in the Holy Land

May 21, 2021

Pope Francis thanked God for the cease-fire agreed to in the Holy Land, adding a prayer “for the pursuit of paths of dialogue and peace.” He asked all Catholics – “pastors and faithful” – to “unite themselves spiritually” to a prayer initiative promoted by the Bishops of the Holy Land, who will celebrate the Vigil

Pope warns of ‘spiral of death and destruction’ in Holy Land conflict

May 16, 2021

Pope Francis: “I ask myself, where do hatred and vengeance lead? Do we imagine that we can build peace by destroying the ‘other’?”

Latin Patriarchate says new Israeli settlement law ‘further eliminates hopes of peace’

February 10, 2017

Holy Land Church warns of 'serious consequences' of law passed by Israeli Knesset this week

Ten stories to watch in 2017

January 04, 2017

A guide to the stories that will be making headlines in 2017

Trendy anti-Zionists are reawakening medieval hatred against Jews

June 23, 2016

Anti-Semitism is still rife in society – some of it carefully concealed. Catholics must help to fight it

As violence takes over Jerusalem again, a bishop says: we need the Lord’s help

October 16, 2015

Bishop Shomali says it is painful to see violence return to Jerusalem

English bishop to Palestinians: don’t let despair lead to ‘unbridled violence’

October 15, 2015

Bishop Lang expresses concern over escalating violence in Israel and Palestine

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