Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Offering sacraments and support, Archbishop Pizzaballa visits Gaza
- Jun 18, 2021
Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, conducted a flurry of religious ceremonies for members of the tiny Catholic community in Gaza.

By Judith Sudilovsky
Jerusalem archbishop requests weekend Mass collections go to Gaza
- May 26, 2021
Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, requested that the May 30 Mass collections from all parishes in the diocese be donated in their entirety to Gaza’s Holy Family Parish as a sign of solidarity following airstrikes from Israel.

By Catholic News Service
Catholic Palestinian gets kidney transplant from slain Jewish Israeli
- May 25, 2021
For nine years, Randa Aweis battled kidney disease, urgently in need of a transplant. In mid-May, a donor was found for the 58-year-old mother of six, a Catholic Palestinian who lives in Jerusalem.

By Judith Sudilovsky

After latest conflict in Holy Land, South African bishop expresses Palestinian solidarity
- May 24, 2021
Bishop Victor Phalana, the chairperson of the Justice and Peace Commission of the Southern African bishops’ conference, told Crux the bishops of South Africa support a two-state solution in the Holy Land.

By Ngala Killian Chimtom

Cease-fire helps, but peace requires equality, Palestine official says
- May 23, 2021
While the current cease-fire between Israel and Hamas brings a much-needed halt to violence in the Holy Land, true peace can only be achieved if both sides are recognized as equals, said the Palestinian ambassador to the Holy See.

By Junno Arocho Esteves
Pope speaks to Turkish President, Iranian FM about Gaza violence
- May 17, 2021
The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis met with the Iranian foreign minister and spoke by telephone with the Turkish president amid the spiral of violence between Israel and the Palestinians.

By Associated Press
Pope condemns ‘hatred and vendetta’ in Gaza conflict
- May 17, 2021
Pope Francis has denounced the “unacceptable” spiral of violence between Israel and the Palestinians, saying the deaths in particular of children was a “sign that they don’t want to build the future but want to destroy it.”

By Associated Press
Israel’s Jewish-Arab cities, symbols of coexistence, face growing unrest
- May 14, 2021
As Israel escalated its assault on Gaza May 14, the nation also faced growing civil unrest in its mixed Jewish-Arab cities, considered a symbol coexistence.

By Judith Sudilovsky