VATICAN CITY -- Raised Catholic by Jewish and Catholic parents, Msgr. Robert L. Stern loved his faith but never planned on becoming a priest.The outgoing head of the international Vatican agency ...

Monsignor Robert Stern, a Church expert on the Middle East, is thoroughly “optimistic” about the possibility of a more democratic and pluralistic Middle East. Wednesday, May 07, 2025.

Kozar succeeded Msgr. Robert Stern, who led the organization for a quarter century. The association, founded in 1926 by Pope Pius XI, serves in the Middle East, Northeast Africa, ...