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“It is absolutely essential that the war stops,” says Gaza’s parish priest
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Although the media attention has died down since the ceasefire, the Gaza Strip continues to sink into an unprecedented humanitarian and health crisis. Speaking to ...
A Holy Year Pilgrimage of Hope for 51 Young People from the Holy Land
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For the Holy Year 2025, you helped 51 young people from the Holy Land to join with the Universal Church as “Pilgrims of Hope,” visiting ...
Gaza prepares for a Christmas without peace, but not without hope
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As Christmas approaches, the priest of the only Catholic parish in Gaza, Fr. Gabriel Romanelli, tells Aid to the Church in Need that his community ...
ACN helps keep the doors of Christian education in the Holy Land open
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With unemployment disproportionately affecting the Christian community, and as a gesture during the Jubilee of Hope, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem (LPJ) decided to cancel ...
First Sunday of Peace in Gaza: Christians Pray for Forgiveness and Rebuilding
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For the first time since the war began, the faithful of Holy Family Parish in Gaza gathered on Sunday in silence — no bombs, no ...
Gaza: First step toward peace after 733 days of war
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While indirect talks are taking place in Egypt between Israeli envoys and Hamas, the hope for a beginning of peace is cautiously laying roots in ...
Church clings to life amid chaos in Gaza
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Aid to the Church in Need echoes Pope Leo’s call for peace. The Gaza Strip is currently going through one of the darkest periods of ...
Christian clergy in Gaza defy evacuation orders to remain with their flocks
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In a joint statement, the Latin Catholic and Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Jerusalem call on both parties to end hostilities and allow families on both ...
Extremist settlers torch cars and spray graffiti in last all-Christian town in West Bank
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Church leaders have denounced new violent attacks on the last all-Christian town in the West Bank. Extremist settlers entered the Palestinian town of Taybeh, to ...
Holy Land youth “breathe freedom” at ACN-funded summer camps
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More than 600 young people in the Holy Land have been able to experience a week of fun and freedom, thanks to the local Church ...









