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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 ...
Parish priest after attack on Gaza’s only Catholic church: “Everything happened in seconds”
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The Church of the Holy Family, the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip, was hit last Thursday, July 17, in an attack that left ...
Attack on Catholic parish in Gaza: 3 people killed, pastor injured
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The Catholic parish of the Holy Family in Gaza was severely damaged today in what is thought to have been an Israeli military strike. According ...
Church leaders urge Israeli authorities to stop attacks on West Bank Christians
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Radical Jewish settlers have been attacking the Christian town of Taybeh with increasing violence, while the Israeli military and police ignore requests for help. The ...
Situation in Gaza still “very bad,” says priest. “Nobody is talking about rebuilding”
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For three months, Gaza received no aid convoys, which meant that the Holy Family parish had to ration its resources to feed the Christians within ...









