‘He felt our pain’: Catholic church in Gaza grieves Pope Francis’s death
Pope made nightly phone calls to the Holy Family #Catholic church from the start of the war in October 2023
from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem and Malak A Tantesh in Gaza
Tue 22 Apr 2025 10.32 EDT
"The first time he spoke to #PopeFrancis during the pontiff’s nightly calls to the Holy Family Catholic church in #Gaza City, the congregant George Antone, 44, found himself at a loss for words.
It was October 2023, a few weeks after #Hamas ignited a devastating war in the Gaza Strip by attacking #Israel. The #Palestinian territory’s tiny Christian community had taken shelter in the strip’s three churches, but that didn’t mean they were safe. An #Israeli airstrike had just hit the Greek Orthodox church, killing 18 people; soon, snipers and bombs would also kill civilians at the Holy Family."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/22/catholic-church-gaza-grieves-pope-francis-death?CMP=share_btn_url
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