Pope Leo meets with Palestinian president to discuss ‘urgent need’ for peace
Pope Leo XIV received Mahmoud Abbas, president of the State of Palestine, in a private audience at the Vatican on Thursday morning.
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Netanyahu orders deadly strikes on Gaza with over 100 dead despite ceasefire deal
With Christian leaders and a vast majority of national governments demanding a two-state solution, experts warn that Israel and the US aim to crush all hope for a Palestinian state.
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US is a ‘puppet regime’ of Israel, gov’t officials ‘actively complicit’ in genocide: Jeffrey Sachs
Characterizing the Trump administration a ‘Mossad government,’ the international diplomatic adviser lamented the ‘heinous’ atrocities of the Gaza genocide and warned of future consequences.
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1,100+ priests, 11 bishops denounce Israel’s ‘genocide’ of Gaza, call for disarmament
Priest signatories of ‘Christ died in Gaza’ initiative demand disarmament of Israel, an independent investigation of October 7, respect for international law and for every human life.
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Holy Land nun tells Tucker: American Catholics must ‘change the support for Israel’ in the US
Mother Agapia toppled media narratives regarding Christian life in the Holy Land, relations with Muslims and Israeli Jews, Hamas, and affirmed the core issue is ‘the occupation, stupid.’
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Vatican cardinal calls Netanyahu ‘a tyrant pursuing a dark and bloody plan for power’
‘The massacre of the innocents cries out for vengeance to heaven,’ Cardinal Augusto Paolo Lojudice said in reference to Gaza. ‘We can no longer hold back from denouncing it.’
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France to join the Holy See, other nations recognizing the state of Palestine
In the midst of Israel’s siege against Gaza, UN official Francesca Albanese emphasized states’ legal obligations to prosecute Israel’s war crimes and end the Palestinian genocide.
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Mike Huckabee denounces Israeli settler attack as ‘terror’ after appeal for help by Jason Jones
An open letter from Jason Jones came just nine days before the U.S. Ambassador’s visit to a West Bank town where Christians have been besieged by Israeli settler terrorists.
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Pope Leo speaks with Palestinian president, echoes ‘urgent’ demand for humanitarian aid
Speaking with President Mahmoud Abbas, the pontiff condemned Israel’s U.S.-backed plan to ethnically cleanse the Palestinian people from Gaza along with the use of indiscriminate force.
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Pope Leo presses Netanyahu for Gaza ceasefire, remedy for humanitarian catastrophe
After Israel’s strike on Gaza’s Catholic church, the pontiff also called Cardinal Pizzaballa of Jerusalem and pledged ‘to do everything possible’ to achieve ‘an end to this tragedy.’
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