ONE: From the Field

From Lebanon: Pope Leo Brings Joy

Journalist Laure Delacloche normally encounters church pastoral workers worried about the problems faced by people in Lebanon. During her three days covering Pope Leo XIV's visit, she witnessed enthusiasm, excitement, and hope. "I saw several thousand people involved in social and pastoral work recharge their batteries," she reports. 
Read more of her coverage of Pope Leo's trip in Pope Leo: Jesus Says Today 'I Love You'
 

From Syria: A New Beginning for Syria?

What does Syria's new government mean for its residents? Journalist Claire Porter Robbins traveled to Syria to discover the reality for its people, including Christians, who make up about 2 percent of the population. Before the 14-year civil war, Christians were about 20 percent of Syria's population.
Read more about the situation in her story, "A New Beginning for Syria?" an online exclusive for ONE magazine.
 

From the West Bank: Piece by Piece

Throughout the West Bank, Israeli checkpoints restrict Palestinians’ freedom of movement. Journalist Leila Warah explains how Israel’s E1 settlement plans could make the situation worse.
Read more about the situation in her story, "Piece by Piece," in ONE magazine.

From Lebanon: A Tentative Peace

Is the Israel-Hezbollah war over? Journalist Laure Delacloche says that depends on who she talks to in Lebanon. She speaks of the problems of two families from southern Lebanon, now stranded on the outskirts of Beirut.
Ms. Delacloche speaks to even more Lebanese affected by the war, and you can read about them in "A Tentative Peace," her story in the December issue of ONE magazine.
 

From Bosnia: No Alternative to Dialogue

Ukrainian journalist Anna Klochko and Russian journalist Ivan Kljajić traveled through Bosnia-Herzegovina to see how people were living together 30 years after a civil war that included a genocide. They discovered that "reconciliation here is not abstract but a daily act — rooted in small gestures and the courage to forgive."
Ms. Klochko writes more about the journey in "No Alternative to Dialogue," which you can read in the December issue of ONE magazine. 

From Syria: A Light in the Desert

An ancient monastery in the Syrian desert still hosts a community based on prayer, hospitality, work and interreligious dialogue.
Freelance journalist Claire Porter Robbins explores what impresses her about Dei Mar Musa in this podcast, and you can read more about it in "A Light in the Desert," her story in the December issue of ONE magazine.

From the Field: Finding the Light in Gaza

Journalist Diaa Ostaz reports on how nonprofit groups in Gaza continue to be “small lights of the vast darkness of Gaza … reminding the world that, even in war, humanity is never completely lost.”
 
Read his report, "'Thread of Humanity' Holds Gazans Together."

From Ukraine: Beacons of Hope

Social ministry is mercy in motion, journalist Anna Klochko says in this first-person account from Ukraine, where she fled from war. She tells of women making pierogis to feed wounded soldiers and offers personal witness of what it means to receive support. “Today, you may be the one offering help. Tomorrow, you may be the one who needs it. But as long as mercy keeps moving between us, the circle remains unbroken, and we do not lose each other or ourselves.”
Ukrainian parishes are stepping up to help others, as Ms. Klochko reports in Beacons of Hope, in the September issue of ONE Magazine.