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A teacher at Holy Family Parish's school in Gaza City is seen July 22, 2024, in a classroom with children set up as part of the St. Joseph educational project for the 150 Christian youth sheltering at the parish compound and at the nearby Greek Orthodox church compound. In fall 2026, the parish school reopens for the first time since the start of Israel's military campaign. (OSV News photo/courtesy Father Gabriel Romanelli)

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Amid war and displacement, Gaza parish school reopens as 'a sign of hope'

Junno Arocho Esteves|Sep 1, 2026|4 Min Read

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, is seen Sept. 28, 2019, addressing the 74th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations at U.N. headquarters in New York. The cardinal told reporters at a bilateral meeting in Rome with the Italian government Feb. 17, 2026, that the Holy See "will not participate" in President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" for Gaza. (OSV News photo/Brendan McDermid, Reuters)

Holy See will not join president's 'Board of Peace' for Gaza, Cardinal Parolin says

Kate Scanlon|Feb 18, 2026|3 Min Read

A combination photo shows Pope Leo XIV smiling as he greets visitors and pilgrims in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 10, 2025, and U.S. President Donald Trump smiling after arriving at the White House Feb. 22, 2025. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, said Jan. 21, 2026, the pope was evaluating an invitation by Trump to join his "Board of Peace," overseeing governance and reconstruction of Gaza. (OSV News photos/Lola Gomez, CNS/Craig Hudson, Reuters)

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Pope evaluating Trump's invitation to join Board of Peace, Vatican's secretary of state says

Junno Arocho Esteves|Jan 21, 2026|2 Min Read

A displaced Palestinian child looks on from a tent near the rubble of residential buildings destroyed during the war, on New Year's Eve in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, Dec. 31, 2025. Israel on Dec. 30 said it had suspended operations of more than two dozen humanitarian organizations, including, including Caritas. (OSV News photo/Mahmoud Issa, Reuters)

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Israel bans dozens of aid groups from Gaza, including Caritas, drawing condemnation

Judith Sudilovsky|Jan 2, 2026|3 Min Read

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, greets a child as he visits the compound of Gaza City's Holy Family Parish during his Christmas pastoral visit Dec. 19, 2025. He arrived prior to Christmas in a sign of closeness with a community that endured two years of war. (OSV News/courtesy Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem)

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Cardinal Pizzaballa visits Gaza City's Holy Family Parish before Christmas

OSV News|Dec 19, 2025|3 Min Read

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, speaks July 22, 2025, at a joint press conference at the Notre Dame Center in Jerusalem with Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem about their visit to Gaza. (OSV News photo/Debbie Hill)

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Cardinal Pizzaballa: Situation in Gaza a 'disaster,' two-state solution 'less and less real'

OSV News|Sep 25, 2025|4 Min Read

Palestinians walk amid rubble after an Israeli missile strike hit an evacuated residential building at Shati (Beach) refugee camp in Gaza City Sept. 11, 2025. (OS News photo/Ebrahim Hajjaj, Reuters)

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Pope phones Gaza parish as Israel launches new offensive on city

Cindy Wooden|Sep 16, 2025|2 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV prays before a statue of Mary and the Child Jesus behind the relics of Sts. Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati during the Mass for their canonization in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sept. 7, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

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'We need to pray a lot,' pope says after Israeli attack in Qatar

Cindy Wooden|Sep 9, 2025|2 Min Read

Burn marks can be seen below a cross atop Holy Family Church in Gaza City July 18, 2025, which was hit in an Israeli strike the previous day. (OSV News photo/Khamis Al-Rifi, Reuters)

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Holy Family Church leaders in Gaza will ‘stay and serve’ amid evacuation orders in city

Catholic News Agency|Sep 5, 2025|3 Min Read

Displaced Palestinian children sit near their belongings during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, Aug. 26, 2025. (OSV News photo/Ebrahim Hajjaj, Reuters)

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Catholic leaders demand end to 'barbarism in plain sight' in Gaza

Gina Christian|Aug 26, 2025|6 Min Read

A Catholic Relief Services worker chats with people at a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip May 5, 2025. Jennifer Poidatz, acting representative for CRS in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza, told OSV News July 31 that Gaza-based CRS staff are working to bring high-calorie, high-protein food to residents amid destroyed agricultural lands, fuel and energy deficits, high prices, danger and disease. (OSV News photo/CRS Staff)

US bishops' president calls for special collection for Catholic aid groups in Gaza

OSV News|Aug 20, 2025|2 Min Read

Young Palestinian ana Ayad, who is malnourished, according to medics, lies on a bed July 29, 2025, as she receives treatment at a hospital in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, amid a worsening hunger crisis. (OSV News photo/Mahmoud Issa, Reuters)

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For Gazans, the deep silence of hunger has replaced noise of daily life

OSV News|Aug 12, 2025|7 Min Read

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