Destroyed streets in Gaza after the bombing.
» I am deeply dismayed by the un- speakable violence that has shaken the Holy Land in the past year. «
Regina Lynch, Executive President of ACN
Palm Sunday procession from the Mount of Olives to St Anne’s Church in Jerusalem’s Old City.
The reconciliation work that Christians can do in the Holy Land is particularly important. The Christian community in the Holy Land places compassion and forgiveness at the heart of its message, aiming to bring peace to areas currently marked by hostility. Benedictine Abbot Nikodemus Schnabel from the Dormition Abbey on Mount Zion in Jerusalem summarises the Church’s position: “I am neither pro-Israel nor pro- Palestine. I am pro-human being.”
Messages of gratitude from the bombed Gaza Strip
In the Parish of the Holy Family in Gaza, 36 members of the community died – most of them from bombing and shelling, but some also from a lack of medicine. Father Gabriel Romanelli, who works there, wrote us a letter in March 2024: “The situation in the cities is terrible, without a single structure that has not been damaged. Here in the parish, we have around 500 refugees. Of these, about 50 individuals, primarily
children, are under the care of the Sisters of Mother Teresa. Additionally, we provide assistance to thousands of people in the neighbourhood, offering water, food and medicine. We thank ACN’s benefactors for all that they do, and encourage them to continue providing spiritual, existential and material aid. Thank you again for everything.”
Children before their First Communion in the Parish of the Holy Family in Gaza.
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Middle East – Holy Land |
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