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Pope Leo XIV calls Cardinal Pizzaballa about attack on Gaza church

Pope Leo XIV poses with pilgrims on an ecumenical Orthodox-Catholic pilgrimage led by Cardinal Joseph Tobin (l) and Metropolitan Elpidophoros (r) in Castel Gandolfo in Italy on July 17, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo calls for ‘path to unity’ in meeting Orthodox and Catholic pilgrims from the U.S.

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Father Gabriel Romanelli, Latin parish priest of Gaza Strip, left, prays during the midnight Christmas Eve mass at Deir Al Latin Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City, Dec. 24, 2021. (Credit: Adel Hana/AP.)

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An image of Pope Leo XIV in a video message released on July 15, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

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The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and Patriarch Theophilos III of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem visit Gaza after Thursday’s attack on the Church of the Holy Family, July 18, 2025. (Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.)

Pope Leo XIV calls Cardinal Pizzaballa about attack on Gaza church

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The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and Patriarch Theophilos III of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem visit Gaza after Thursday’s attack on the Church of the Holy Family, July 18, 2025. (Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.)

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Nigeria's former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died on July 13, is seen in his hometown of Daura, in northern Nigeria, on Feb. 23, 2019. (Credit: Ben Curtis/AP.)

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Pope Leo XIV poses with pilgrims on an ecumenical Orthodox-Catholic pilgrimage led by Cardinal Joseph Tobin (l) and Metropolitan Elpidophoros (r) in Castel Gandolfo in Italy on July 17, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo calls for ‘path to unity’ in meeting Orthodox and Catholic pilgrims from the U.S.

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