Israel, Catholic church and Gaza
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The Vatican has expressed doubts about Israeli statements saying an attack on a Catholic church in the Gaza Strip was a mistake, Cardinal Pietro Parolin said on Italian television channel Rai. The Cardinal secretary of state,
Three people were killed and 10 injured in the Israeli strike Thursday on the Holy Family Church, the only Catholic church in Gaza, said the parish and the Vatican.
The Church, as a mother, always longs and grieves for her children to enter into peace,” the bishops said, encouraging continued prayer, fasting, and working for peace.
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem said the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) struck Gaza’s sole Catholic Church in a raid on Thursday