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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington April 6, 2026. Trump lashed out at Pope Leo XIV on social media and in a verbal interview April 12, calling him "weak on crime" and "terrible for foreign policy," as tensions escalate in the Mideast. (OSV News photo/Evan Vucci, Reuters)

President Trump lashes out at Pope Leo amid Iran war rebuke

Kate Scanlon|Apr 13, 2026|3 Min Read

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine listen while President Donald Trump answers questions from the media during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington April 6, 2026. Trump on April 7 sharply ramped up his threats against Iran, warning "a whole civilization will die tonight" unless the country's leadership strikes a deal that involves reopening the Strait of Hormuz. (OSV News photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters)

US bishops' leader rebukes Trump after he threatens Iran's 'whole civilization will die tonight'

Kate Scanlon|Apr 7, 2026|5 Min Read

Members of the military carry a transfer case during the dignified transfer of the remains of six U.S. Army service members of the 103rd Sustainment Command at Dover Air Force Base in Del., March 7, 2026. The solders killed in Kuwait, were Maj. Jeffrey O'Brien, Capt. Cody Khork, Chief Warrant Officer Robert Marzan, Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, Sgt. 1st Class Noah Tietjens and Sgt. Declan Coady, amid the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. (OSV News photo/Nathan Howard, Reuters)

When war comes for an American Catholic family

Robert Brennan|Mar 23, 2026|4 Min Read

Parishioners from the Arab American Catholic Community celebrate Mass at St. Joseph Church in Pomona on March 7. (Kimmy Chacón)

After years of war, Arab Catholics in LA find new worries with US-Iran conflict

Kimmy Chacón|Mar 17, 2026|4 Min Read

Cardinal Dominique Joseph Mathieu of Tehran and Isfahan, Iran, is pictured in a May 23, 2025, photo in Rome. Cardinal Mathieu surfaced in Rome March 8, 2026, after days of uncertainty about his whereabouts following the start of a U.S. and Israel-Iran war. (OSV News photo/Rocco Petini, CPP)

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Cardinal Mathieu evacuated from Iran, many Catholics leaving the country

Elias Turk|Mar 10, 2026|3 Min Read

A woman reacts as she holds an image of Iranian late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a rally in Beirut March 1, after U.S. and Israeli strikes killed him Feb. 28. (OSV News/Mohamed Azakir, Reuters)

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Keys to reading the US-Iran war through a Catholic lens

Inés San Martín|Mar 10, 2026|5 Min Read

Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich speaks during an interreligious prayer service at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago Feb. 24, 2025, commemorating the third anniversary of the 2022 Russian invasion on Ukraine. (OSV News photo/Vincent Alban, Reuters)

White House 'gamifying' war on Iran marks a 'moral crisis,' warns US cardinal

Gina Christian|Mar 9, 2026|3 Min Read

Iranian Christians take part in the New Year prayer service at a church in Tehran Jan. 1, 2025. (OSV News photo/Majid Asgaripour, WANA via Reuters)

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Iran's exiled Christians watch events unfolding across Middle East with hope and fear

Jonathan Luxmoore|Mar 5, 2026|5 Min Read

Palestinian Catholic Asma Isyed, 68, from Zababdeh, West Bank, right, stands beside her sister, Ibtisam Khoury, 69, from Nazareth, a patient in the underground protected facility against Iranian missiles of Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus in East Jerusalem March 1, 2026. (OSV News/Debbie Hill)

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As another war breaks out, Palestinian Christians find few places to turn

Judith Sudilovsky|Mar 4, 2026|3 Min Read

Debris is seen March 3, 2026, at the site of an Israeli strike March 2 on a branch of Al-Qard al-Hassan, a financial institution linked to Lebanon's Hezbollah in Beirut's southern suburbs, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran. (OSV News photo/Stringer)

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Lebanese archbishop: Innocents are 'paying the price' of Middle East war

Junno Arocho Esteves|Mar 3, 2026|4 Min Read

An explosion caused by a projectile impact after Iran launched missiles into Israel following Israel and the U.S. launched strikes on Iran, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Feb. 28, 2026. (OSV News photo/Gideon Markowicz, Reuters)

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Sorrow, shock, prayer for Catholics in Middle East as US and Israel strike Iran, igniting war

Gina Christian|Mar 2, 2026|7 Min Read

Emergency response teams attend the scene of a fatal Iranian strike in Beit Shemesh, Israel, March 1, 2026, after Iran launched missile barrages following attacks by the U.S. and Israel. (OSV News photo/Itay Cohen, Reuters) Editors: NO USE IN ISRAEL. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN ISRAEL

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USCCB president: Prayer, diplomacy needed in Middle East to avert 'tragedy of immense proportions'

Gina Christian|Mar 1, 2026|2 Min Read

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