Palestinians in Gaza “continue to live in fear and survive in unacceptable conditions, forced once again to leave their lands,” Leo said to applause at the end of his weekly general audience on Sept. 17.
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Pope Leo calls out billionaires and income inequality in first interview
In his first major interview, Pope Leo XIV denounces “useless killing” in Ukraine and promotes synodality as the solution to rising global polarization.
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Catholic delegation visits Holy Land after U.S. bishops call for a special collection for Gaza
The CNEWA visit was prompted by a letter on Aug. 12 from Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, the president of the U.S.C.C.B., calling for parishes across the country to hold a “special collection to provide humanitarian relief and pastoral support for our affected brothers and sisters in Gaza and surrounding areas in the Middle East.”
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‘Justice, not vengeance’: The life and ministry of Jesuit José María Tojeira
José María Tojeira, S.J., is remembered as a person of profound faith, courage, and conviction, someone who devoted his life to championing human rights, justice, and the dignity of the poor and oppressed.
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‘We need to pray a lot,’ Pope Leo says after Israeli attack in Qatar
Pope Leo told reporters gathered outside the Villa Barberini in Castel Gandolfo that he had just tried to phone Holy Family Parish in Gaza City. “I just tried to call the pastor, but I have no news,” the pope said.
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Israeli president Herzog to visit Pope Leo at Vatican
President Herzog’s visit comes at a very delicate political moment, as Israeli forces have laid siege to Gaza City in an attempt to take full control of it and have already reduced parts of it to rubble.
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Fasting for peace in Gaza: What Pope Leo’s call really means
I can’t will myself into a spiritual experience, into a sense of solidarity or meaning or nobility or deep and somber union with God and man. I can will myself into doing regular daily things and recording them and seeing what comes of it all.
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Pope Leo warns against the ‘forced displacement of populations’ in Gaza
The pope called for “humanitarian law to be fully respected—especially the obligation to protect civilians and the prohibitions against collective punishment, the indiscriminate use of force, and the forced displacement of populations.”
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Priests and nuns in Gaza City defy Israel’s evacuation orders and vow to stay: ‘We have nowhere else to go.’
The priests and nuns who are caring for those living in the Orthodox and Catholic compounds in Gaza City will remain despite Israel’s orders to evacuate, the Greek Orthodox and Latin patriarchs of Jerusalem said in a statement issued today, Tuesday, Aug. 26.
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World’s largest Catholic aid group calls for end of ‘man-made famine and assault’ in Gaza
Caritas Internationalis, one of the largest humanitarian organizations in the world, has denounced “the siege of Gaza” by Israel, which, the group said, “has become a machinery of annihilation, sustained by impunity and the silence, or complicity, of powerful nations.”