Holy Land bishops lament destruction of Gaza's schools (Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem)
Thursday, 28 August 2025 () In a letter for the opening of the school year, the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land said that the joy of the opening of the school year “does not extend to our children in Gaza, who for the third consecutive year are deprived of their right to education because of the war.”
“Their schools have been destroyed, their classrooms have closed,” the bishops stated in their August 28 letter, signed by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, OFM, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem. “We carry them in our prayers, imploring that peace may soon prevail so that they may return to their desks and reclaim their childhood.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a call with Pope Leo XIV following the deadly IDF strike on Gaza’s Holy Family Church, which killed three civilians. The Pope expressed deep sorrow,..
An Israeli airstrike on the Holy Family Church compound in Gaza has killed three civilians and injured several others, including children and a parish priest. The Latin Patriarchate called it a..
Thursday, 28 August 2025 ()
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