'I desired to be with them,' says Cardinal Pizzaballa as he visits Catholic parish in Gaza

JERUSALEM (OSV News) -- In a previously unpublicized visit, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, entered the Gaza Strip May 16, reaching Holy Family Parish for his first pastoral visit since the outbreak of Israel-Hamas war following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel. Holy Family Parish priest Father Gabriel Romanelli, who

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