In various parts of the world, Christians suffer discrimination and persecution. I think especially of Bangladesh, Nigeria, Mozambique, Sudan, and other countries from which we frequently hear of attacks on communities and places of worship. God is a merciful Father who desires peace among all His children! I accompany in prayer the families of Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where in recent days there has been a massacre of civilians. Let us pray that all violence may cease and that believers may work together for the common good.
Pope Leo XIV fights back tears during the Consecration at this morning’s Mass on the Solemnity of the Assumption in Castel Gandolfo.
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Suhail is a young Catholic student from Gaza, seriously wounded in the Israeli attack on the Holy Family parish on Thursday.
He writes a column for L’Osservatore Romano, the Holy See’s newspaper.
Although Suhail sustained shrapnel wounds to his internal organs during Thursday’s attack, the shrapnel has now been removed, and his condition has improved.
Here, he speaks to L’Osservatore Romano’s Jerusalem correspondent, Roberto Cetera, from hospital in Ashdod, and tells him that “Love is stronger than war”.