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Holy Land situation ‘not positive,’ as internal battles in Islam pose global challenges to dialogue
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (113+ words) Steering Committee of the Interreligious Platform for Dialogue and Cooperation in the Arab World. Credit: KAICIID. The global footprint of Islam is “increasing,” a fact with which those engaged in interreligious dialogue must contend, especially in Europe, a leading proponent…...
On liturgy, Leo XIV sheds light (and knows it will bring a little heat)
1+ week, 6+ day ago (157+ words) Father John Ubel, pastor of the Church of Saint Agnes, celebrates the eucharistic prayer facing the altar, in the traditional custom, during one of the Catholic parish’s Latin Masses in St. Paul, Minn., Sunday, June 28, 2026. (Credit: Giovanna Dell’Orto/AP.) Pope…...
Reporter spends the night locked inside Jerusalem’s holiest church with clergy and pilgrims
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1070+ words) Christian Orthodox pilgrims hold up candles during the Holy Fire ceremony, at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the Old City of Jerusalem, Saturday, April 11, 2026. (Credit: Mahmoud Illean/AP.) JERUSALEM — The enormous doors were pushed shut, the clanking bolts…...
Vatican’s ‘Foreign Minister’ in Russia for talks
2+ week, 5+ day ago (910+ words) As the war in Ukraine continues, a senior Vatican diplomat arrived in Moscow on Monday. Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the second-highest ranking figure in the Holy See’s Secretariat of State, is in Moscow for a a five-day visit that will include…...
Jerusalem Patriarch visits Taybeh, calls for protection of Christian presence
3+ week, 2+ day ago (712+ words) Taybeh, a town in the West Bank. (Credit: Wikimedia.) During a recent visit to Palestine’s last remaining entirely Christian village, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem called for the Christian presence in the village to be preserved. Located in the central…...
Archbishop of Westminster joins push for international religious freedom
3+ week, 4+ day ago (677+ words) The leader of the Church England and Wales has joined a major ongoing campaign against religious discrimination around the world. Archbishop Richard Moth of Westminster released a statement on Tuesday in support of Aid to the Church in Need’s (ACN)…...
Israel’s Christians rely on faith and allies as they fear rising harassment
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1112+ words) A priest enters the Basilica of the Transfiguration on Mount Tabor, northern Israel, on Aug. 6, 2026. (Credit: Ariel Schalit/AP.) MOUNT TABOR, Israel — Sister Mayela wears her black veil and habit as she walks to work near where another Catholic nun…...