"Yesterday I spoke with Pope Francis who expressed his closeness and his prayers for the entire ecclesial community of Gaza and for all parishioners and inhabitants." This was revealed to SIR by the parish priest of Gaza, Father Gabriel Romanelli, currently stuck in Bethlehem, waiting to return to his parish, the Holy Family, the only Catholic in the Strip. "I thanked the Pontiff for his appeal for peace in Israel and Palestine last Sunday at the Angelus," the religious added.
Pope Francis has given his blessing so that everyone may feel his closeness".
Currently, the parish of Gaza hosts 130 refugees and others are housed in neighboring parish structures. "The bombings - says Father Romanelli, reporting testimonies of his parishioners - are continuous and hard. Fear rises for a land invasion."
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