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Israeli border police arrest a Palestinian man near Ramallah, West Bank, during a late-December protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. (CNS photo/Goran Tomasevic, Reuters)
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Dale Gavlak - Catholic News Service
In his annual "state of the world address" Jan. 8 to diplomats from more than 180 countries, Pope Francis urged countries once again to respect the status quo of Jerusalem. 
Palestinian protesters take cover behind a metal plate during clashes with Israeli troops following protests against U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday, Dec. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Politics & SocietyNews
Jack Jenkins - Religion News Service
The embassy move appears to make an already delicate existence even more complicated for Palestinian Christians.
Politics & SocietyNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
Speaking on the 100th anniversary of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's proposed League of Nations, Francis said today's leaders can learn two lessons from the ashes of World War I.
Arts & CultureFilm
Raymond A. Schroth, S.J.
For filmgoers depressed by films from Israel and Palestine, “In Between” offers a change of place and point-of-view.
FaithFaith in Focus
William Collins Donahue
We are full conspirators in this commerce, for we, too, have come to buy our bit of Bethlehem.
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Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
Pope Francis and King Abdullah renewed their commitment to “encourage negotiations as well as promoting interreligious dialogue.”