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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a news conference at the White House in Washington Sept. 29, 2025. (OSV News photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

World

Trump peace plan to end Israel-Hamas war in Gaza met with cautious optimism, skepticism

Kate Scanlon|Oct 1, 2025|6 Min Read

Pope Francis meets relatives of hostages taken by Hamas militants from Israel Oct. 7 in his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, at the Vatican Nov. 22, 2023. Members of the delegation carried posters of their loved ones. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope recalls Israeli-American killed in Gaza, calls for hostages' release

Justin McLellan|Sep 16, 2024|2 Min Read

Parolin

Vatican secretary of state asks Iranian president for restraint

Cindy Wooden|Aug 12, 2024|2 Min Read

Members of the Chaldean Catholic Church meet at the Patriarchal Headquarters in Al-Mansour / Baghdad for their annual synod from July 15-19, 2024. (Chaldean Patriarchate via Crux)

World

Chaldean bishops call for two-state solution to resolve Gaza war

Elise Ann Allen|Jul 23, 2024|5 Min Read

Israel-Hamas

US bishops ask faithful to pray during Holy Week for end to Israel-Hamas war

OSV News|Mar 24, 2024|2 Min Read

A girl lights a candle as people gather for a vigil in Tel Aviv, Israel, Nov. 7, to mark the one-month anniversary of the deadly attack by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Israel. (OSV News/Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters)

How can there be peace when no one wants it?

Greg Erlandson|Dec 27, 2023|4 Min Read

Hostages

World

On third day of cease-fire, more Hamas hostages freed; Israel releases more Palestinians

Judith Sudilovsky|Nov 26, 2023|7 Min Read

Father Daniel McMullin distributes Communion during a Nov. 5, 2023, Mass at Cornell University's Sage Chapel in Ithaca, N.Y. During the Mass, Father McMullin praised students for "the kindness they have shown one another, especially to our Jewish and Muslim friends," following online posts threatening extreme violence against Jews on campus since the start of the Israel-Hamas war Oct. 7. (OSV News/Mike Latona, Catholic Courier)

Anti-Defamation League: Antisemitic incidents in the US have skyrocketed

Daniel Payne|Nov 14, 2023|2 Min Read

Pilgrims from the Diocese of Arlington, Va., pray in the courtyard of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City Oct. 10, 2023. Pilgrims who were in Israel following a surprise terrorist attack by Hamas against civilian communities in southern Israel Oct. 7 lit candles and said prayers of peace at the church as fighting continued in southern Israel. (OSV News/Debbie Hill)

World

In Israel-Gaza war, what Catholics are doing for the Holy Land (and how to help)

Ann Rodgers|Nov 7, 2023|8 Min Read

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