Israel, Gaza and Pope
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Why the Gaza Church Strike Shook the World—and What the Pope Did NextIs it ever acceptable for a sanctuary to turn into an arena of destruction? The July 17 attack on Gaza’s Holy Family Catholic Church, the sole Catholic parish in the enclave, has left not only broken walls but a deep sense of loss and indignation within faith groups around the world.
God “continues to work even in our little Ocean State,” said the Rev. Nathan J. Ricci, vice chancellor of the Diocese of Providence, after Pope Leo XIV declared a miracle happened at a Pawtucket hospital in 2007.
According to the Palestinian government, approximately 59,000 people have been killed in Gaza, including more than 18,000 children and 10,000 women since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7,
Pope Leo XIV said he was "deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life and injury caused by the military attack" on the Catholic Church in Gaza.
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Pope Leo XIV holds first 'green mass' with profound message for followers: 'The care of creation'"Living our vocation to be protectors of God's handiwork is essential to a life of virtue." Pope Leo XIV holds first 'green mass' with profound message for followers: 'The care of creation' first appeared on The Cool Down.
In a vast hangar near Rome's Fiumicino airport, piles of letters addressed to Pope Leo XIV are being sorted, sent by faithful all over the world to the head of the Catholic Church. "We receive hundreds of letters per day addressed to the pope with peaks of 100 kg per day,
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