Hamas: Bulldozers unearth Roman-era tomb in Gaza City
Bulldozers digging for an Egyptian-funded housing project in the Gaza Strip unearthed the ruins of a tomb dating back to the Roman era, Hamas authorities said Monday.
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by bcadmin | Feb 2, 2022 | archaeology, Associated Press, Church in the Middle East, Gaza, Gaza Strip, News, Palestine | 0 |
Bulldozers digging for an Egyptian-funded housing project in the Gaza Strip unearthed the ruins of a tomb dating back to the Roman era, Hamas authorities said Monday.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 18, 2021 | Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, News, Palestine | 0 |
Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, conducted a flurry of religious ceremonies for members of the tiny Catholic community in Gaza.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 26, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Holy Land, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, News, Palestine | 0 |
Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, requested that the May 30 Mass collections from all parishes in the diocese be donated in their entirety to Gaza’s Holy Family Parish as a sign of solidarity following airstrikes from Israel.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 17, 2021 | Death of children, Escalating violence, Featured, Gaza Strip, Hamas, Israel, News, U.S. & World News | 0 |
The injury and death of so many innocent people, especially children, caused by escalating violence between Israel and the Gaza Strip is “terrible and unacceptable,” putting the area at risk of sinking into “a spiral of death and destruction,” Pope Francis said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 17, 2021 | Angelus, Associated Press, Church in the Middle East, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, News, Palestine, Pope Francis, President Racep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey | 0 |
The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis met with the Iranian foreign minister and spoke by telephone with the Turkish president amid the spiral of violence between Israel and the Palestinians.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 17, 2021 | Angelus, Associated Press, Church in the Middle East, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, News, Palestine, Pope Francis | 0 |
Pope Francis has denounced the “unacceptable” spiral of violence between Israel and the Palestinians, saying the deaths in particular of children was a “sign that they don’t want to build the future but want to destroy it.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 14, 2021 | Bishop David J. Malloy, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Holy Land, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, News, Palestine, US bishops, USCCB | 0 |
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace called on Israelis and Palestinians to end the violence in Jerusalem and Gaza that has claimed dozens of lives and left hundreds of people injured.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 13, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic Schools, Church in the Middle East, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, News, Palestine, Palestinian Christians, Palestinians | 0 |
Since early May 11, Israeli bombs have been falling around the Rosary Sisters school in Gaza, which sustained light to moderate damage inside and outside the compound — including to the front door and solar panels used for electricity.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 30, 2020 | Gaza Strip, Holy Land, Israeli, News, Palestinian, Peace-to-Prosperity plan, Trump, U.S. & World News, West Bank | 0 |
Calling U.S. President Donald Trump’s Peace-to-Prosperity plan a “unilateral initiative,” church leaders in the Holy Land said it did not give “dignity and rights” to the Palestinians.
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