Pope Francis said he prays every day for an end to the war in Israel and Palestine during a prayer service June 7, 2024, in the Vatican Gardens, commemorating 10 years since the symbolic planting of an olive tree in the presence of the president… […]
Smoke billows over the northern Gaza Strip during Israeli bombardment from southern Israel on Dec.14, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. / Credit: JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images
CNA Staff, Feb… […]
Israeli Ambassador to the Holy See Raphael Schutz meets with Pope Francis on February 2, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media
CNA Newsroom, Feb 3, 2024 / 14:11 pm (CNA).
In a letter addressed to “my Jewish brothers and sisters in Israel” and released … […]
Eight children received their first Communion at Holy Family Church on Jan. 7, 2024, in northern Gaza. / Credit: Father Gabriel Romanelli/Facebook
CNA Staff, Jan 11, 2024 / 09:33 am (CNA).
In the midst of war and suffering, the Catholic faithfu… […]
The Missionaries of Charity convent located on the compound of Holy Family Parish, the only Catholic church in Gaza, was damaged by rocket fire on Dec. 16, 2023. / Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Dec 20, 2023 / 17:20 pm (CNA)… […]
Father Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land, presides over the solemn Mass for the 1st Sunday of Advent, on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2023. / Credit: Marinella Bandini
Jerusalem, Dec 17, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).
A few days before Father Francesco Patt… […]
The lighting of the first Hanukkah candle during the interfaith event organized by the Kehilat Zion on the first night of Hanukkah on Dec. 7, 2023, in Jerusalem. / Credit: Marinella Bandini
Jerusalem, Dec 14, 2023 / 05:30 am (CNA).
On the first… […]
Father Gabriel Romanelli (center), the Latin parish priest of Gaza, is among the celebrants at a Mass to celebrate the feast day of Our Lady, Queen of Palestine and the Holy Land at the shrine dedicated to her at Deir Rafat on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2… […]
The small procession of Franciscan friars, with the Custos of the Holy Land, arrives in Manger Square, in front of the Basilica of the Nativity, in Bethlehem on Saturday, Dec. 2, the day of the solemn entrance for the beginning of Advent. The Sq… […]
Altar of the Child Jesus and the relic of the manger in the Church of Saint Catherine (Basilica of the Nativity) in Bethlehem. / Credit: Magdala Center
CNA Staff, Dec 2, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA).
The Magdala Tourist Center, located in the biblical… […]
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