Tag: War in Gaza

The Dutch bishops' conference and Amsterdam's St Nicholas Parish reacted with horror to the violence against Israeli soccer supporters in the city 7 November.

In Gaza, Caritas Jerusalem has reported two of its team members were injured during intense shelling in Al-Nuseirat refugee camp on the night of Friday, 1 November, 2024.

62,000 dollars was raised in the 7 October collection for the victims of the war in Gaza that was delivered to the parish of Gaza, the church of the Holy Family.

On the one-year anniversary of the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, Pope Francis expressed his solidarity with all those suffering because of conflicts throughout the Middle East, urged Christians to be peacemakers and warned warmongers they will face God's judgment.

The Mass for the beginning of the final phase of the Synod started with all the members walking down the central aisle of St Peter's Square.

There are only a few days left before the war in Gaza reaches its one-year anniversary. And the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem continues to call for a ceasefire and an end to the violence.

Seven October will mark a year since the brutal Hamas attack on Israeli communities and the no less brutal Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip that immediately followed.

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa expressed hope the war between Gaza and Israel will end, during the Rimini meeting. 

The situation in the Middle East did not improve during July, so in his first event addressing the public, Pope Francis launched an appeal for peace.

The staff of the international Catholic relief arm, Caritas Jerusalem, are expressing praise and gratitude for God's seeming miraculous intervention on a Gaza church compound church compound 29 July.

During the Angelus, Pope Francis thanked the Jordanian authorities and the United Nations for convening an international conference to discuss how to get humanitarian aid to Gaza.