Middle East

Several rockets were fired at Afghanistan's Presidential Palace in Kabul on Tuesday, but failed to hit the target.

Christian advocates in Lebanon are urging that a special fund be established to reverse the hemorrhaging of Christians from their crisis-stricken nation.

Fifteen diplomatic missions in Afghanistan urge the Taliban to halt their military offensives.

On the Feast of St. Charbel, celebrated last Sunday, Cardinal Béchara Raï, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, prays for the intercession of the Saint of Lebanon to help the nation recover from one of the worst economic and political crises it has ever faced.

Cardinal Bechara Rai, the Maronite patriarch, pleaded for the intercession of Lebanon's beloved St. Charbel Makhlouf as the beleaguered country spirals deeper into collapse, further roiled by the resignation of the prime minister-designate.

Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri resigned nine months after he was named to the post by the parliament. The development is likely to plunge the nation and its people further into chaos, uncertainty and an unprecedented economic crisis.

When fighters from the Islamic State group overran huge swaths of Iraq seven years ago, they laid waste to an untold number of buildings and religious sites.

Pope Francis offered his prayers and condolences after a fire at in a COVID-19 hospital ward in Iraq left at least 64 people dead.

Pope Francis offered his prayers and condolences after a fire at in a COVID-19 hospital ward in Iraq left at least 64 people dead.

A collaboration agreement is signed between the Congregation for Catholic Education and the Ministry of Education of the United Arab Emirates.

The Patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, welcomes the first group of the pilgrims to the Holy Land in over a yer and a half, since Covid-19 restrictions were put in place, and renews his invitation to return to the places of Jesus and recalled the bond between Rome and the Holy City.

Pope Francis receives Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, Prime Minister of Iraq, in private audience in the Vatican.

Humanitarians, including Catholics, are advocating for the broadening of cross-border access to reach the most vulnerable in northern Syria.

Abana alathie," Pope Francis intoned in Arabic as he led nine Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant leaders from Lebanon in praying the Lord's Prayer before St. Peter's tomb.

Pope Francis' upcoming meeting with Lebanon's Christian leaders is an opportunity for the Holy See to make a difference in the country's continuing political and economic crisis, said Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, the Vatican foreign minister.

Nearly a year after the blast at the Beirut port, the memory of that night is still so vivid.

The chairman of the U.S. bishops' international policy committee joined Pope Francis in his solidarity with the people of Lebanon as their country endures an ongoing and protracted political and economic crisis.

Pope Francis' meeting with Lebanon's Christian religious leaders will "at least give a sign of hope" to the beleaguered country, said the Vatican nuncio to Lebanon.

The Holy See’s humanitarian arm for the Oriental Churches kicks off its plenary meeting on Monday, with ROACO’s attention going to the Holy Land, Ethiopia, Armenia, and Georgia in particular.

A day that started with heavy hearts visiting homes damaged in May violence between Hamas and Israel ended in a celebration of faith, love and family June 16 as Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, conducted a flurry of religious ceremonies for members of the tiny Catholic community in Gaza.