Our invasions of Afghanistan and Vietnam may have different beginnings, but their ends show that we are capable of repeating basic mistakes, writes Ryan Di Corpo.

“Lebanon cannot be left prey to the course of events or those who pursue their own unscrupulous interests,” Pope Francis said on the day of prayer and reflection for peace in Lebanon.

“The Holy See fears the collapse of the country,” Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Vatican’s secretary for relations with states, stated frankly.

The United States has dithered on establishing any policy to help bring an end to a conflict now in its eighth decade.

“Violence is also in the language, in the political decisions, in the conditions of life under which the Gaza population has been living many years.”

What’s going on in the Holy Land—and what’s at the root of the problem? Why should Catholics care?