Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa

“What we felt is the desire to return to life. So they want to talk about the future, our community” amid Christmas celebrations and questions about the future.

In a sign of closeness as Christmas approaches, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, accompanied by the Latin Patriarchal Vicar Bishop William Shomali and a small delegation, arrived in …

“We don’t have bombs every day, but the vast majority of the infrastructure is destroyed. … People are living in tents without anything.”

“We hope we can dedicate all our energy now not to rebuild just the infrastructure but the human life devastated by this war.”

“Much still needs to be defined. We must not delude ourselves, but we are pleased that something new and positive is on the horizon.”

“There is no longer any trust, no human interest of one side in the other. It is an inhumanity that is almost incomprehensible.”

JERUSALEM (OSV News) — 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 …

Father Gabriel Romanelli said Israel’s strike on his Holy Family Parish in Gaza City was “terrible” as Cardinal Parolin called Gaza’s situation “unbearable.”

Catholic Charities USA, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of San Antonio, the Catholic Daughters of the Americas and others across the nation are offering material and spiritual aid to those …

JERUSALEM (OSV News) — Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa entered the Gaza Strip together with Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III, offering his support, closeness and prayers …