#War

EU Parliament: Strasbourg commemorates Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel. A focus on Gaza and the Middle East

Pope Francis: letter to the Catholics in the Middle East, “I am with you”. “Despite all the talk of plans and strategies, there is little concern for those who suffer the devastation of war”

Pope Francis: letter to Catholics in the Middle East, “shameful inability of the international community and the most powerful countries to silence the weapons”

The Middle East: broken rules and new scenarios

7 October marks a date that has not only changed, for the umpteenth time, the reality of a territory that…

Germany: Catholic and Evangelical Churches call for “peace and security” on first anniversary of Hamas massacre in Israel

EU Parliament: talks with Orban in Strasbourg. Middle East and the future of the car industry on the agenda too

Middle East: Borrell, “The EU condemns Iran’s attack against Israel. It risks fuelling a regional escalation”

Msgr. Essayan (Apostolic Vicar for the Latins) calls for an “immediate ceasefire.” “We are running out of time”

Interviewed by SIR, Monsignor César Essayan, Apostolic Vicar of Beirut for the Latins, comments on the situation in the country.…

Lebanon. Cardinal Raï (Maronite Patriarch): “Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination is a wound in the heart of the Lebanese people”

The Maronite Patriarch Card. Boutros Raï commented on the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during Sunday Mass in the…

Israel-Lebanon: statement by EU and 11 States for immediate ceasefire and diplomatic action. Italy is also a signatory

Lebanon. Father Marwan, Maronite parish priest in Bouchrieh (Beirut): “The people are afraid. They fear an all-out destruction. Stop!”

“Widespread anxiety prevails. Everyday life is marked by fear, expecting the situation to change from one minute to the next,…