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"We are forced to stay despite the danger, when we defend our land, and we do so peacefully. None of us carries weapons. All of us carry peace and goodness and love," he told a television channel on the steps of his church in Qlayaa March 8, a day...
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Brother Tony Choukri, Guardian of the Franciscan Monastery of St. Joseph in Beirut, tells Vatican News about life under war and calls for peace, emphasising that “human beings are not an object, and death is neither a path nor a tool to change strategies, demography, or borders.”...
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In the meantime, between remarks from cardinals and the Vatican's own newspaper, it's becoming increasingly clear that the first U.S. pope thinks the U.S. president might need to examine his conscience. ...
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Caritas Australia is receiving increasingly grave reports from partners across the Middle East as conflict intensifies in multiple countries, placing millions of civilians at risk. Tragically, partners have also reported that Fr. Pierre Rahi, Priest of Caritas Lebanon’s Marjaayoun Centre, was killed by Israeli airstrike on 9 March....
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The moral crisis we are facing is not just a matter of the war itself, but also how we, the observers, view violence, for war now has become a spectator sport or strategy game....
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The new Iran-U.S.-Israeli war – like all wars – is a hellish nightmare where violence feeds upon violence, and the innocent suffer the most – especially the children....
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The relationship between papal diplomacy and Tehran in light of the current Middle East conflict....
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In today’s gospel from Matthew following upon the Beatitudes, Jesus encourages us to be the salt of the earth and the light to the world. Living the spirit of the Beatitudes we can be a blessing for all. As scripture scholar Brendan Byrne says: ‘People who are prepared to...
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A new biography of Pope Leo, “Leo XIV: Citizen of the World, Missionary of the 21st Century,” contains the full text of the interview granted by the Holy Father to Elise Ann Allen, covering a wide range of topics....