After years of war, Arab Catholics in LA find new worries with US-Iran conflict

As parishioners with the Arab American Catholic Community gathered for a Saturday evening Mass at St. Joseph Church in Pomona, the U.S. and Israel’s strikes against Iran — and additional violence threatening the entire Middle East region — brought an all-too-familiar feeling: Here we go again.

Even with the fresh pain and anxieties of the U.S.’s war with Iran, many attendees at the Mass said that, unfortunately, violence and conflict have been a part of their stories for too long.

“It’s a never-ending war,” said Angela, a Catholic who grew up in Palestine. “When it comes to Palestine, it’s been affected by conflict for almost 80 years.”

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