2 killed in Israeli strike on Catholic church in Gaza
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Three people were killed and 10 injured in an Israeli strike on the Holy Family Church, the only Catholic church in Gaza, on Thursday, said the parish and the Vatican, which issued a response from Pope Leo XIV.
Pope Leo said on Thursday he hopes to travel to Turkey later this year for the 1,700th anniversary of a major Christian Church summit, in what would be the first foreign trip of his papacy.
Pope Leo XIV encouraged encounter and unity in a message to the players and spectators of a soccer game to support sick and injured children from war zones.
Reflecting on the Parable of the Good Samaritan, the Pope called for a ‘revolution of love.’ This Sunday was the first time in 12 years that a pope has led the Marian prayer from the lakeside town.