Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation

Pope Leo XIV expressed his hope for genuine peace in a message sent two days ago, on 4 May, to the Holy Family Catholic Church in the Gaza Strip.

The Holy Father’s message was made known by Father Gabriel Romanelli, the pastor of the parish in Gaza, in a video he posted on Instagram.

“The Pope,” Fr. Romanelli stated in the video, “sent us a message expressing hi...

In an address to representatives of Aid to the Church in Need, Benedictine Abbot Nikodemus Schnabel offered a stark and personal account of the fragile and rapidly shrinking Christian presence in the Holy Land.

The image of Jerusalem as a vibrant heart of Christianity contrasts sharply with the reality experienced today by the faithful. In a powerful a...

Following last week’s attack against a French nun in Jerusalem, Christian leaders in the Holy Land have spoken out strongly against the rising tide of anti-Christian violence.

Father Oliver Poquillon, the director of the French Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem where the 48-year-old nun was a researcher, told Crux Now that Israeli authorities nee...

After May 2 news reports that Israeli bulldozers demolished Holy Savior Christian school in the village of Yaroun, in southern Lebanon, the Israeli Defense Forces said that while some damage was caused, they denied “demolishing” the site with bulldozers.

L’Osservatore Romano, the iconic newspaper of the Holy See, and the NNA Lebanese agency both reported the destructio...

Vatican News last spoke to Ihab Hassan in July 2025, as a wave of Israeli settler violence was engulfing Taybeh, the last entirely Christian village in the West Bank. “What is needed is for the settlers to be held accountable for their violence,” Hassan, a Palestinian Christian human rights advocate, said at the time. “If they’re not, then this will just keep happening...