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Lebanese Christians refusing to flee war zone, fearing occupation of homeland
Posted on 03/11/2026 06:39 AM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
“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’
Posted on 03/11/2026 05:49 AM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
“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’
Posted on 03/11/2026 04:00 AM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
“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
Posted on 03/10/2026 16:40 PM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
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
Posted on 03/10/2026 15:53 PM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
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
Posted on 03/10/2026 14:25 PM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
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
Posted on 03/10/2026 13:00 PM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
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
Posted on 03/10/2026 12:35 PM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
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'
Posted on 03/10/2026 12:07 PM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
Father Pierre Rahi, a shepherd who refused to leave Southern Lebanon, was killed in Israeli strike.
Priest reported missing found dead in southern Mexico
Posted on 03/10/2026 11:47 AM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
Another priest gone missing has been found dead in Mexico. So far there has been no statement from the authorities whether foul play was or was not involved.