The Vatican confirmed that Pope Leo has lung cancer following surgery to remove part of his right lung. Doctors said more information is needed to determine the cancer's stage and prognosis.
More than 1,000 Christian leaders and influencers took part in the weeklong Israel summit, which included a Jerusalem memorial and meetings with former hostages at the Nova site.
ICEJ visitors turned purchases into a show of solidarity as Ireland and the Netherlands enforce new restrictions, and Norway weighs a broader trade ban.
Participants will meet released hostages, bereaved families and survivors of the Nova massacre during a week of events intended to strengthen ties between Israel and Christian communities.
"The laws enacted in Europe against purchasing products from Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria are antisemitism, pure and simple," a Norwegian Christian leader said.
The High Court dismissed a new application to stop the Orange Order from going through the area of Portadown after the Court of Appeal vacated a temporary injunction granted on Saturday.
The conference will be held amid “deeply troubling sanctions” against Jews in the West Bank, according to International Christian Embassy Jerusalem’s president.
Today’s silence conjures memories of past pontifical silence during the Holocaust. For Jews and Christian Zionists, Pope Pius XII's silence remains a harrowing memory and indictment.
Palestinian Christian leaders told CNN that US Christian Zionists ignore their experiences and fund West Bank settlements, while Mike Huckabee defended evangelical support for Israel.
Deek’s comments referred to a May public-opinion survey of Arab citizens of Israel published by Tel Aviv University’s Konrad Adenauer Program for Jewish-Arab Cooperation.
"As the global plague of Jew-hatred continues to grow on our shores, we must be extremely careful... to measure our words very carefully," Christian leader Laurie Cardoza-Moore said.
The Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) - a rebel group of ultra-conservative Catholics - was excommunicated after four bishops were ordained without Pope Leo's approval on Wednesday.
American estimates suggest that around 10% of Egypt’s population was Christian as of 2022, though the exact figures are difficult to gather, as noted by the report.
At the ICEJ Jerusalem Summit, pastors, theologians, and Jewish leaders warned that antisemitism and replacement theology are gaining ground inside parts of the Christian world.
Foreign delegations reached Jerusalem despite limited flights, giving this year’s prayer gathering a sharper message of faith, politics and support for Israel.
The Patriarch will also be making an official visit to Greece and an expected visit to Russia in the coming week as part of this broader effort to support Christian communities.
On May 24-25, we marked the anniversary of Israel’s hasty withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000, and with it, bringing thousands of Lebanese Christians to Israel. Here is the story of one young man.