After 7 months without being able to return, Catholic priest manages to re-enter his parish in Gaza

May 30, 2024 17:43

Amy Balog

Father Gabriel Romanelli was able to return to Holy Family Parish – Gaza’s only Catholic church Photo: ACN Mexico

Holy Land•Testimonies

Don’t treat Holy Land crisis «as if it were a game,» Catholic abbot urges from Jerusalem

The abbot explained: “I am neither pro-Israel nor pro-Palestine. I am pro-human being. This is my theological position.”

Apr 04, 2024 01:58

Amy Balog

Holy Land•Rome

Jesuits speak out on Gaza situation

“It is scandalous that no one has been able to ensure that the residents of Gaza have enough to eat. It is shameful that no one has been able to call the warmongers to account. Sadly, we remember that an ongoing conflict in the land called to be holy has been allowed to continue and fester as an open wound on the face of the Middle East”, says the press release

Apr 03, 2024 00:12

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Pope Francis

«You are not alone and we will not leave you alone»: Pope’s moving letter to Catholics in Holy Land

Letter of Pope Francis to the Catholics of the Holy Land

Mar 27, 2024 23:56

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Holy Land: Christian crisis goes from bad to worse, discriminated against for wearing a cross in Jerusalem

Pressure is growing amid a financial catastrophe and deepening religious hatred. Many Christians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem face economic ruin, with a record unemployment rate of 72%.

Feb 20, 2024 00:41

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Local Church

30 Christians dead in Gaza since war started

Out of approximately 1,000 Christians remaining, 19 have been killed by military action and 11 have died because of a lack of medical care in the four months since the war began.

Feb 09, 2024 03:55

Amy Balog

Pope Francis has elevated 16 Carmelite nuns from Compiègne

Pope Francis canonizes the nuns whose martyrdom meant the end of the French Revolution: famous for the book by Geroge Bernanos

The Martyrs of Compiègne: Pope Francis Declares Carmelite Nuns Saints Through Rare Canonization

Pope Francis begins 2024 by asking all Catholics to pray for this intention

In the video illustrating his prayer intention for the month of January, the Pope underlines that some 250 million children worldwide are not attending school. Migration and displacement due to war and poverty are the main causes of this phenomenon. The Pope invites us to pray “for migrants, refugees and those affected by war, that their right to an education, which is necessary to build a better world, might always be respected.”

After 7 months without being able to return, Catholic priest manages to re-enter his parish in Gaza

Catholic Bishop of Jerusalem Tells How Christians Suffer Israeli Invasion of Gaza

Israeli Army raids Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Nablus

World leader of Canterbury Anglicans meets with Catholic priest from Gaza

Israel: Israeli judge orders eviction of more Palestinian families

Israel: new attack on religious freedom: Israeli army detains young Christian woman in Palestinian area

Jerusalem: Israeli police assault clergy, evict residents of Armenian church land

Don’t treat Holy Land crisis «as if it were a game,» Catholic abbot urges from Jerusalem

Jesuits speak out on Gaza situation

«You are not alone and we will not leave you alone»: Pope’s moving letter to Catholics in Holy Land

Holy Land: Christian crisis goes from bad to worse, discriminated against for wearing a cross in Jerusalem

30 Christians dead in Gaza since war started