Pope Leo Prays for Gaza Victims: ‘How Long, O Lord?’ - FINCHANNEL
Father Gabriel Romanelli said the pope prayed for the victims and urged peace after the strike, which killed 5 people, including a Christian mother and daughter.
- Father Gabriel Romanelli revealed on Tuesday that Pope Leo XIV sent a personal condolence message after an Israeli airstrike killed five people, including Christian mother Maysa Khader Ibrahim Abu Daoud and her daughter Mary Hafez Michel Najjar, on Saturday.
- Maysa and Mary had devoted their time serving displaced people at the Holy Family Catholic Church before recently moving to a residential building in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City, where the attack struck early Saturday.
- Father Romanelli read the Pope's "beautiful message" on YouTube, echoing Psalm 13, while noting that 62 Christians have died in this war, with 25 killed by direct military violence.
- Metropolitan Alexios led the funeral service for both women at Saint Porphyrius Church on Saturday, where the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem prayed for their eternal rest and an end to the war.
- Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa warned that humanitarian conditions are worsening as winter approaches, noting reconstruction has not begun and residents remain caught in profound, unresolved trauma despite diminished fighting.
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Pope Leo prays for Gaza victims: ‘How long, O Lord?’ - FINCHANNEL
Pope Leo XIV sends a message of condolence to the parish priest of Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City after an Israeli strike kills five people, including two Christian women. Pope Leo XIV has expressed his sorrow and assured Gaza’s Christian community of his prayers after an Israeli airstrike killed five civilians, including two […]
Italian media are reporting a short letter from Pope Leo XIV to the Catholic priest of Gaza, Father Gabriel Romanelli. The letter, as it became known, was sent after the latest raid by Israeli forces in which two women, members of a Catholic parish, also lost their lives. “Since I learned of the news of the death of Maisa and Marie, I have been praying to the Lord for their souls, their families and the entire community of Gaza. For how long, …
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Pope writes to Gaza priest after strike kills 5, including Christian mother, daughter
The pastor of Gaza's only Catholic parish revealed that Pope Leo XIV sent a personal condolence message following an Israeli missile strike that killed five people, including a Christian mother and daughter.
‘How Long, O Lord?’: Pope Leo Offers Prayers for Gaza After IDF Kills Two Christian Women
Pope Leo XIV has offered prayers for Gaza following the Israeli strike that killed two Christian women in the besieged Palestinian territory, according to Father Gabriel Romanelli, a priest at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City. Romanelli, who is from Argentina, said in a YouTube video that Leo…
Christian mother, daughter killed in Gaza strike; Israel says it targeted Hamas leader
Two Palestinian Christian women, a mother and her daughter, were killed early Saturday when an Israeli airstrike hit the apartment building in Gaza City where they were living, church leaders said.
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