IQNA – Pope Leo XIV has denounced the ongoing violence in Gaza, slamming the “barbarity” of war and the indiscriminate use of force, as dozens of Palestinians were reportedly killed while waiting for food aid.
News ID: 3493925 Publish Date : 2025/07/21
IQNA – The leader of the Catholic Church stressed the need for an immediate end to the Israeli regime's aggression on Gaza.
News ID: 3493888 Publish Date : 2025/07/18
IQNA – An Iranian cleric, in a letter to Pope Leo XIV, highlighted the need for religious leaders to break their silence on the crimes that the Zionist regime is committing.
News ID: 3493504 Publish Date : 2025/06/19
IQNA – Al-Azhar chief Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb underlined the need for continuing the path of dialogue between the Egyptian Islamic center and the Catholic Church.
News ID: 3493098 Publish Date : 2025/05/15
IQNA – Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the global attention to the election of a new pope reflects a shared hope for religion and religious teachings to safeguard lofty moral and human values.
News ID: 3493018 Publish Date : 2025/05/10
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Former Pope Benedict XVI passed away on Saturday in a Vatican monastery after his health condition deteriorated.
News ID: 3481883 Publish Date : 2022/12/31
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Pope Francis will visit Kazakhstan this September, Matteo Bruni, the Director of the Holy See Press Office said in a statement on Monday.
News ID: 3479932 Publish Date : 2022/08/01
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Ayatollah Hossein Ali Nouri Hamedani, a Shai Marja (source of emulation) called on Islamic seminaries to strengthen their international relations.
News ID: 3479415 Publish Date : 2022/06/22
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A senior Iranian cleric conveyed a message of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei to Pope Francis.
News ID: 3479140 Publish Date : 2022/06/01
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Vatican appointed Lebanese scholar Sayyed Ali Sayyed Qassem as a member of the Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims.
News ID: 3478284 Publish Date : 2022/03/28
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi congratulated the birthday of Jesus to Pope Francis, the Leader of the world's Catholics, and all Christians.
News ID: 3477075 Publish Date : 2021/12/25
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The head of the Catholic Church decried recent deadly attacks in Afghanistan, Norway and Britain, calling violence “a defeat for everyone.”
News ID: 3476088 Publish Date : 2021/10/17
TEHRAN (IQNA) – An Iraqi government spokesman lauded senior cleric Ayatollah Seyed Ali al-Sistani’s role in strengthening security and peaceful coexistence in the country.
News ID: 3474407 Publish Date : 2021/04/10
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The leader of the Catholic Church called the civil war in Syria one of the worst humanitarian crises of current times, saying its 10th anniversary should spur all to seek “a sliver of hope” for a devastated nation.
News ID: 3474244 Publish Date : 2021/03/15
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas appreciated Iraqi top Shia cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’s emphasis on his support for the cause of Palestine.
News ID: 3474229 Publish Date : 2021/03/14
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Pope Francis thanked the people of Iraq Wednesday for allowing him to make his historic trip to the country, saying Iraqis deserve to live in peace.
News ID: 3474215 Publish Date : 2021/03/10
TEHRAN (IQNA) – After his visit to Iraq that concluded on Monday, Pope Francis said his next trip will be to Lebanon.
News ID: 3474198 Publish Date : 2021/03/09
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Pope Francis on Saturday listened to a Quran recitation in the ancient Sumerian city of Ur in southern Iraq, believed to be the hometown of Prophet Abraham (AS).
News ID: 3474176 Publish Date : 2021/03/07
TEHRAN (IQNA) – In his first trip since the pandemic hit the world, Pope Francis is on a historic visit to Iraq.
News ID: 3474168 Publish Date : 2021/03/06
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The issue of Palestine and the importance of peaceful coexistence among followers of different faiths were among the topics discussed during today’s meeting between Iraq’s top Shia cleric and the head of the Catholic Church.
News ID: 3474167 Publish Date : 2021/03/06