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A cloud of smoke erupts during an Israeli air strike on the village of Sujud in southern Lebanon on Sept. 25, 2024. Israel announced dozens of new air strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon on Sept. 24, a day after 492 people, including 35 children, were killed in the deadliest bombardment since a devastating war in 2006.

As Lebanon faces increasing conflict, Christians stand firm against war

Sep 29, 2024

By ACI MENA

“No to war!” has become a rallying cry among Lebanon’s Christians, who have maintained this stance since clashes began to... Read more

Pope Francis meets with Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, at a meeting with other Arab bishops on Aug. 28, 2024, at the Vatican.

Jerusalem patriarch announces ‘day of prayer and fasting’ on Oct. 7 anniversary

Sep 26, 2024

By Madalaine Elhabbal

“May each of us with the rosary or in whatever form he or she sees fit ... find a moment... Read more

Father Marwan Ghanem recounts his survival of the Sept. 17, 2024, pager attack in Beirut in an interview with ACI Mena, CNA’s Arabic-language news partner.

Maronite priest recounts his experience witnessing Beirut’s pager explosions

Sep 26, 2024

By Elias Turk

Father Marwan Ghanem shared his story of witnessing some of the pager explosions that rocked the country on Sept. 17. Read more

St. George Maronite cathedral beside the Mohammad Al-Amin mosque in Beirut, the Lebanese capital.

Lebanon’s Christians also affected by Israel’s attacks

Sep 25, 2024

By Andrés Henríquez

The large-scale bombings Israel unleashed this week against Hezbollah in Lebanon are affecting all of Lebanon’s residents, including Christians. Read more

A group of young people from the Apostolic Movement of Jish, led by Father Sandy Habib, during prayer before the meal on July 12, 2024, at the Maronite convent in Jerusalem. The aim is “bringing ourselves closer to Jesus,” Habib explained to CNA. “We try to achieve this through spiritual activities, social activities like trips, and by announcing Jesus Christ.”

Faith amid bombs: Priests minister to Christians in border towns of Lebanon and Israel

Jul 16, 2024

By Marinella Bandini

Christian communities on both sides of the Lebanon-Israel border have been put to the test since Hamas’ attack on Israel... Read more

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Bishop Gerhard Feige of Magdeburg in Germany.

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The Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica.

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Exiled Bishop Rolando Álvarez speaks at a Mass in Seville, Spain, on Dec. 19, 2024.

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Vandalism at a Heartbeat of Miami pregnancy center in Hialeah, Florida, July 3, 2022.

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French artist Claire Tabouret poses following a press conference after winning with The Atelier Simon-Marq, the selection to create new stained-glass windows in six chapels of the south aisle of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris on Dec. 18, 2024.

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Police and ambulances stand next to a Christmas market where a car crashed into a crowd injuring between 60 and 80 people, according to a spokesman for the local rescue service, on Dec. 20, 2024, in Magdeburg, eastern Germany.

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President-elect Donald Trump announced on Dec. 20,2024 that he has chosen CatholicVote president, Brian Burch, to be his ambassador to the Holy See.

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Pope Francis with Archbishop Blase Cupich of Chicago on Sept. 2, 2015.

Pope Francis appoints 5 new auxiliary bishops for Chicago Archdiocese

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