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Pope Leo XIV calls Cardinal Pizzaballa about attack on Gaza church

Category: Church in the Middle East | Crux

Church in the Middle East

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

Jul 18
Charles Collins

Tents sheltering displaced Palestinians are seen amid war-damaged infrastructure in Gaza City, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (Credit: Jehad Alshrafi/AP.)

Patriarchs of Jerusalem jointly condemn strike on Catholic church in Gaza

Jul 18
Charles Collins

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.)

Catholic church in Gaza hit by Israeli forces, two killed, priest among the injured

Jul 17
Charles Collins

Taybeh, a town in the West Bank. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Christian leaders condemn violence by Israeli settlers on West Bank town

Jul 14
Crux Staff

Displaced Palestinians fleeing Beit Lahia amid ongoing Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip arrive in Jabalia, northern Gaza, on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (Credit: Jehad Alshrafi/AP.)

German-Israeli priest says Israel’s actions in Gaza are ‘genocidal’

Jun 27
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Palestinians carry bags containing food and humanitarian aid packages delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a U.S.-backed organization, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Credit: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP.)

Catholic charity condemns Israeli military’s approach to aid for Gaza

Jun 27
Charles Collins

Pallbearers carry the coffin of a victim of Sunday’s suicide bombing at Mar Elias Greek Orthodox Church during a funeral service at al-Saleeb Church in the al-Qasaa neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (Credit: Omar Sanadiki/AP.)

Pope Leo says terrorist attack on Greek Orthodox church in Syria is ‘vile’

Jun 25
Charles Collins

Yasmeen Mazzawi, an Arab Christian from Nazareth, serving as a volunteer paramedic with Magen David Adom (Red Shield of David), which is the Israeli member of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. (Credit: Magen David Adom.)

Israeli Arab Catholic describes working with Israel’s aid agency

Jun 16
Charles Collins

Destroyed buildings are seen inside the Gaza Strip from southern Israel, Jan. 13, 2025. (Credit: Ariel Schalit/AP.)

Gaza pastor says pope called, rejects Trump beach resort proposal

Apr 9
Elise Ann Allen

Palestinians grieve over the bodies of their relatives, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike, as they prepare for burial at a hospital in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (Credit: Jehad Alshrafi/AP.)

Catholic aid agency condemns Israeli attacks on Gaza

Apr 3
Charles Collins

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