Israel

As the Israel-Hamas war enters its second year, expanding to a wider region of the Middle East, two Catholic agency leaders based in Jerusalem and Beirut are warning the conflict is decimating the populations they serve.

Pope Francis met with a group of Israelis and their family members who were freed after being held hostage in Gaza by Hamas and other Palestinian militants.

Pope Francis met a former prime minister of Israel and a former Palestinian foreign minister who believe they have a workable peace plan for the Holy Land.

It’s a long way from Montreal to Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. So long that you may never get there. Because your plane might have to fly over some of the most dangerous airspaces in the world.

In the 12 months since Hamas murderers invaded Israel, the Holy Land tables have entirely turned on those behind the worst massacre of Jews after the Holocaust.

Hezbollah's central headquarters in Beirut's southern suburbs were struck multiple times Sept. 27 by Israeli missiles, shaking the Lebanese capital. The next day Iran-backed Hezbollah confirmed the military organization's leader Hassan Nasrallah died in the strike.

The York Catholic District School Board has apologized after one of its schools hosted a pro-Palestinian guest speaker who demonized Israel for how it is carrying out operations during the current Mideast conflict.

Pope Francis received assurances from Jordan's King Abdullah II that Christian and Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem will be protected amid the Israel-Hamas war.

Many people in the West Bank have been left without work but the only pediatric hospital in the area gives them a sense of hope and security.

Sudden peace negotiations or an intervention by the United States will not deliver Israelis and Palestinians from the suffering caused by the war in Gaza, a Jerusalem-based cardinal said.