Tag: Israel-Hamas War
Powerful impose war on others, world shows indifference, pope says
On the one-year anniversary of the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, Pope Francis expressed his solidarity with all those suffering because of conflicts throughout the Middle East, urged Christians to be peacemakers and warned warmongers they will face God's judgment.
Pope Francis, a spiritual solace to Gaza’s only Catholic parish
Since Hamas' attack on Israel 7 October, 2023, and the immediate start of the Israel-Hamas war, Pope Francis has provided daily spiritual solace to Gaza Strip's only Catholic parish.
Bishop Tarabay: Pray for peace amid “painful cross” of Lebanon escalation
Maronite Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay has called on all faithful to pray for peace, as Israel began a “targeted ground operation” in southern Lebanon on 1 October, following airstrikes that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and other senior commanders in a Beirut bunker on 27 September.
In a fractious age, truth has become a matter of life...
This year’s Social Justice Statement, "Truth and Peace: A Gospel Word in a Violent World," comes at a time when belief, truth and goodness are coming apart, and ideologies and conspiracies rush in to fill the void. Truth claims have taken on a new gravity in our time, writes Associate Professor Joel Hodge.
Melto D’Moronoyo: The towering legacy of Blessed Patriarch Douaihy
Thousands of people have flocked to the Maronite Patriarchal headquarters in Bkerke for the beatification of the 17th century Maronite Patriarch, Estephan Douaihy. Among them, numerous Lebanese Australians. They had travelled specifically for the occasion, despite official Australian travel warnings because of the volatile conflict in the south, writes Deacon Ghassan Nakhoul.
One rule for Labor, another for religious schools
If a religious school seeks to expel a staff member at odds with the school’s belief, the Federal Labor Government would see the school penalised. Yet the Labor Party itself is run on just this principle—as Fatima Payman found out when she tried to follow her own convictions, writes Margaret Chambers from the Institute of Public Affairs.
Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem condemns Catholic school attack
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem issued a strong condemnation after the Israeli military targeted a Catholic school in Gaza that killed four people, including a senior Hamas official. In a statement published 7 July, the patriarchate said it was monitoring reports of a strike on Holy Family School, which "has, since the beginning of the war, been a place of refuge for hundreds of civilians."
‘We are not alone, abandoned or afraid,’ Patriarch of Jerusalem says...
"Despite the war and everything going on around us this year, we have once again chosen to celebrate Jesus' triumphal entry into the Holy City," said Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.
Christians’ testimony in Gaza a ‘true miracle’ amid nonstop war
In the shadow of darkness, eight children in Gaza City beamed with joy as they received their first Communion.
Sisters ‘heartbroken’ after Gaza Catholic school destruction
While 750 Christians take shelter in the last remaining Catholic church in Gaza, Sr Nabila Saleh has spoken of the destruction of her school.
Bishops: Holy Land violence no TV drama
Australia’s Catholic Bishops have called for prayers for peace as a UN expert warned that the Israel-Gaza war is robbing futures.
‘No return’ for Palestine, says Bethlehem University vice chancellor Br Peter...
The vice chancellor of Bethlehem University, Br Peter Bray FSC, says a climate of fear has enveloped the West Bank in Palestine.