GAZA: “I am heartbroken”, Sister Nabila said about the bombing of her school. The plight and suffering of the Christian community in Gaza intensify every day.
Read MoreGaza City, Königstein (Germany) - Sister Nabila, a religious sister of the Holy Rosary, who has been taking refuge in the Holy Family Parish in Gaza with 700 other Christians, has made a heartfelt plea for peace and urgent humanitarian aid in the midst of the ongoing conflict.
Read MoreOnly a few weeks ago, on 30 September, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, was named a cardinal in the consistory in Rome. His flock in Jordan, Israel, Palestine and Cyprus, including the Vicariates for the Migrants and Asylum Seekers as well as the Hebrew Speaking Congregation, rejoiced at the news. In hindsight, the symbolism of the red hat he received on that occasion, and which signifies the blood of the martyrs and his willingness to suffer for the Church, could not have been more apt.
Read MoreAt least 16 Christians, including 10 from one family, were killed during an attack in Gaza on Thursday evening, 19 October, which provoked the total collapse of a building in the compound of the Greek Orthodox Church. According ACN’s project partners another 15 Christians are trapped under the debris. The Church of Saint Porphyrios building itself was not hit.
Read MoreThe pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) joins the Catholic bishops of the Holy Land in their call for a day of prayer and fasting for peace, to take place next Tuesday, 17 October.
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