Conflict keeps people from farming and drives some to brink of famine

Conflict is driving four countries – Yemen, South Sudan, Burkina Faso and northeastern Nigeria – into famine, the World Food Programme has warned. While the land is suitable for growing crops in rural northeastern Nigeria, people there are close to starving because of ongoing violence, said a Catholic Relief Services official. Daniel Thompson, who works for Catholic... Read More

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December 24, 2020

Learn from times of crisis and avoid conflict, pope tells Curia officials

Blaming one another for the fragility of the Catholic Church and the errors of its members increases conflict, which diminishes the Church’s ability to share the Gospel and increases opportunities for the devil to work, Pope Francis told members of the Roman Curia. Crises are a normal part of life, including the life of faith,... Read More

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December 11, 2020

Salesians express concern about confreres in Ethiopia conflict zone

As fighting continues in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, the Salesian order has had no contact with 25 priests and brothers who work in the region, a Vatican news agency said. “The situation is very tense; anything could happen from one moment to the next and we will have no information because everything has... Read More

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October 19, 2020

Cardinal prays for peace in Nagorno Karabakh

Cardinal Vincent Nichols has echoed Pope Francis’ call for peace in Nagorno Karabakh and offered his prayers for all those affected by the conflict. In a letter to Bishop Hovakim Manukyan, Primate of the Armenian Church in the UK and Ireland, Cardinal Nichols said: “The tragedy and futility of the continued stalemate that has persisted... Read More

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October 9, 2020

Pleas for EU intervention to help end conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan

As Armenia and Azerbaijan continued their battles and bombardments in early October, an Armenian archbishop pleaded for the intervention of the European Union to halt the conflict before it grew into a regional war. “We don’t want advice about a cease-fire, but real concrete steps so that the aggression stops definitively,” Armenian Catholic Archbishop Raphael... Read More

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June 24, 2020

Christian leaders: Israeli occupation of Palestine is cause of conflict

The Israeli “military occupation of Palestine” is the “root cause” of the continuing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, said three retired Christian leaders. The statement – released amid growing tensions over Israel’s US-sanctioned bid to officially annex parts of the West Bank, including the Jordan Valley – was signed by retired Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah, retired Anglican Bishop... Read More

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January 21, 2020

Pope hopes Berlin summit will lead to peace in Libya

Pope Francis said he hoped that an international summit in Berlin would be the first step toward peace in war-torn Libya. “I very much hope that this summit, which is so important, will be the start of a path toward an end to violence and a negotiated solution leading to peace and the much-desired stability... Read More

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Conflict keeps people from farming and drives some to brink of famine

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Salesians express concern about confreres in Ethiopia conflict zone

Cardinal prays for peace in Nagorno Karabakh

Pleas for EU intervention to help end conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan

Catholic hospitals in Syria working to help indigent patients

Vatican’s top diplomat meets about Mideast with US and Israeli ambassadors

Broad criticism of NYPD unfairly tarnishes police officers, says US cardinal

Christian leaders: Israeli occupation of Palestine is cause of conflict

Pope hopes Berlin summit will lead to peace in Libya

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