Further reading: A historic prayer gathering of Protestants, Orthodox and Catholics in papal Rome One cannot overstate how much progress was made in the 20th century: the pope, for the majority of ...

In May 2002, the county’s dictatorship closed down most churches, and outlawed every religion except Sunni Islam, Eritrean Orthodox, Roman Catholicism and the Lutheran Church ... persecution for her ...

Ismail Abu Mattar, a father of four who waited for days near the crossing point for northern Gaza, described scenes of jubilation, with people singing, praying, and crying. “It’s the joy of ...

"Praying for the brokenhearted and their pain. Praying for my family. For my children … sons and daughters… and their mother." He concluded, "Let this moment be the start of healing for us all.

Ismail Abu Mattar, a father of four who waited for days near the crossing point for northern Gaza, described scenes of jubilation, with people singing, praying and crying. “It’s the joy of ...

Ismail Abu Mattar, a father of four who waited for days near the crossing point for northern Gaza, described scenes of jubilation, with people singing, praying and crying. “It’s the joy of return,” ...

Displaced Palestinians return to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip, following Israel's decision to allow thousands of them to go back for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month ...

‘The joy of return’ Ismail Abu Mattar, a father of four who waited for days near the crossing point for northern Gaza, described scenes of jubilation, with people singing, praying and crying. “It’s ...

Ismail Abu Matter, a father of four who had waited for three days before crossing with his family, described scenes of jubilation on the other side, with people singing, praying and crying as they ...