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Lebanese Christians refusing to flee war zone, fearing occupation of homeland

“Their fear was that if they did leave, that they would never be able to get their land back again,” Jesuit Father Daniel Corrou told “EWTN News Nightly.”

Pope Leo calls Maronite priest killed in bombing ‘a true shepherd’

“I am close to all the Lebanese people at this time of grave trial,” the pope said on March 11.

During Lent, a bishop invites people to practice ‘spiritual intelligence’

“Spiritual intelligence is being attuned to God,” the bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco in Bolivia, Robert Flock, explains.

Lebanon asks Vatican to help protect threatened Christian villages in the south

Caught between Hezbollah and Israeli strikes, Lebanon’s Christian villages in the south seek Vatican support.

Several cardinals show grave concern about Iran war; McElroy says it’s not a just war

Cardinals in the United States and elsewhere are raising concerns about just war and about the death and destruction caused by the ongoing conflict with Iran.

Pope Leo XIV confers title of 'monsignor' on U.S. bishops’ general secretary

Father Michael J.K. Fuller was designated as “chaplain to His Holiness” following a decade of work serving the U.S. bishops.

Vatican promoting dialogue on Cuba, Cardinal Parolin says

The Vatican secretary of state pointed to recent contacts with Cuban and U.S. officials as the Holy See seeks a dialogue-based solution on the island.

Chaldean patriarch steps down after 13 years, pope accepts resignation

Chaldean Patriarch Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako has resigned as head of Chaldean Catholic Church.

Before being killed in a strike, priest in Lebanon declared: ‘We will remain until death’

Father Pierre al-Rahi, a shepherd who refused to leave southern Lebanon, was killed in an Israeli strike.

UPDATE: Priest reported missing found dead in southern Mexico

In a statement, the Archdiocese of Tuxtla Gutiérrez stated that the priest’s body was found near Laguna Verde, an ecotourism center located about 12 miles from his parish.