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Pope sends message to Gaza parish
May 07, 2026
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CWN Editor's Note: Pope Leo sent a written message to Gaza’s sole Catholic parish on May 4, the parish’s pastor revealed.
Father Gabriel Romanelli, I.V.E., said:
The Pope sent us a message expressing his closeness, his prayers, his concern for the entire situation, praying day after day for the end of the war in Gaza, for the parish, for all the local people, so that the Lord may grant what the prayers of the Successor of Saint Peter, today Leo XIV, implores for the world: peace for Palestine, peace for Israel, conversion, and grace for all.
Describing the situation in Gaza, Father Romanelli said that “the ceasefire that began in October has somewhat improved the situation, in the sense that there are no blanket bombings. However, people are still dying, being killed.”
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