Parishioners of Gaza’s Holy Family Church are feeling “horror” and almost a sense of “desperation” after an Israeli tank shell struck the church, killing three elderly people sheltering there and injuring 10, said regional director of the Jerusalem office of Catholic Near East Welfare Association, or CNEWA, Joseph Hazboun.
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Pope, Palestinian president discuss humanitarian tragedy in Gaza during phone call
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Pope condemns Israel’s attack against church, calls for end to ‘barbarity’
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Huckabee demands Israel punish settlers for ‘act of terror’ on West Bank church
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee called the desecration of any holy place an “act of terror” and a “crime” that required “harsh consequences,” following a visit to the West Bank village of Taybeh.
Pope: Summer marks time to balance busyness with rest, prayer, joy with loved ones
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Myanmar opposition court sentences 9 men to 20 years for killing priest
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Rhode Island celebrates Pope Leo declaration that baby’s healing was a true miracle
Rhode Islanders are celebrating Pope Leo XIV’s declaration that the healing of a baby born in their state back in 2007 was indeed miraculous, and advances the sainthood cause of a 19th-century Spanish priest.
Whatever the genre, Dion’s music still focuses on life’s larger questions
DiMucci, known throughout his nearly 70-year recording career by his first name Dion, distinguished himself from many rock and roll colleagues in the late 1960s by publicly recommitting himself to his Christian faith.