Pope Francis will be meeting with the families of Israeli hostages and groups of Palestinians displaced by the ongoing conflict. The pontiff will meet with both groups following a General Audience at the Vatican on Nov. 22. “Pope Francis will meet separately with a group of relatives of Israelis held …
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Editor’s note: The following column is excerpted from Eric Metaxas’s new book, “7 WOMEN & The Secret of their Greatness” (Thomas Nelson, September 8, 2015). Last year I was in Skopje, the capital city of what is called by some the Republic of Macedonia and by others FYROM (Former Yugoslav …
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The Vatican’s top diplomat on Monday condemned both Hamas’ “inhuman and indefensible” Oct. 7 attacks and Israel’s “ongoing massacre” in Gaza, warning that even legitimate self-defense cannot justify the destruction of a “largely defenseless population.” Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state and one of Pope Leo XIV’s advisers, …
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