GAZA
Fr. Gabriel Romanelli distributing Communion today to those in Holy Family Church
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Pope John Paul II praying at the Hill of Crosses in Lithuania
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Cardinal Pizzaballa says that the Devil is 'present and very powerful' and there is immediately a loud explosion outside.
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'In this sea of hatred and violence, which is a clear sign of the power of the devil - who is present and very powerful, in this sea of violence we see and experience that the Devil, albeit so powerful, cannot extinguish life in us. So, we must be strong and continue being a living presence here'
Cardinal Pizzaballa to Holy Family Church in Gaza
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JERUSALEM
Theophilos III and Cardinal Pizzaballa will both host a joint press conference tomorrow to discuss last week's visit to the Christians of Gaza
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Paul VI watching the Moon Landing on TV.
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Paul VI observing the Moon from the Vatican Observatory on the night of the Moon Landing in 1969
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Apollo 11
July 20th
1969
The astronauts carried with them a copy of Psalm 8 with a signed message from Pope Paul VI:
'To the glory of God’s name who grants such great power to men, we pray for the success of this wonderful undertaking'
The Psalm was left on the Moon
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Joel Berry has tried to rally MAGA to his defence in a bizarre self pitying rant, after backlash for his attack on Christians in mourning in Gaza, in which he falsely accused them all of aiding and supporting Hamas
His words greatly clash with those of Donald Trump who was said to be angry at the attack and also with Mike Huckabee, the US Ambassador to the Israel, who released a statement yesterday saying:
'People need to pay a price for doing something that destroys that which belongs, not just to other people, but that which belongs to God. That is a sacrilege. It’s against the Holy'
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The third largest stadium in Europe is named after a Catholic bishop
The All Ireland Hurling Final takes place this weekend at Croke Park, named after influential Irish Archbishop Thomas Croke
It holds over 83,000 people
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Joel Berry supporters are now claiming that the Holy Family Massacre was a hoax
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AUSTRALIA
Catholics gathered for the Feast Day of Saint Charbel in Punchbowl
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GAZA
Cardinal Pizzaballa celebrating Mass at Holy Family Church this morning
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PALESTINE
A statement from priests in the Christian town or Taybeh reveals:
• Daily attacks on Christians by Jews from Israel
• FIRE set at the town CEMETERY
• ATTACKS on agriculture, needed for their livelihood
The Christian priests have called for these attacks to STOP
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Joel Berry said of the Catholics at Holy Family Church, as they mourned three of their brethren being killed and ten wounded:
“There are only about 200 professed Catholics still living in Gaza and they all support Hamas.”
“True Christian faith still exists in Gaza, but it's all underground. Anyone allowed by Hamas to practice openly is allowed to do so only because they aid and support the terror regime.”
“Anyone who supports Hamas and the extermination of the Jewish people is not a Christian, no matter what they profess, or where they go to church.”
All of this is not just wrong and untrue, but a vicious and sinister dehumanisation of our brothers and sisters in Christ
The brave Christians in Holy Family Church, Catholic and Orthodox, ARE real Christians and the frightened children, the altar boys recovering from shrapnel wounds and the deceased deserve a bit more respect than is being afforded to them by such cruel slander from supposed Christians
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'It is an act of terror and it is a crime. It should be consequenced and it should be consequenced harshly. It is one of the last bastions of our civilisation, the places we worship'
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, speaking at Taybeh last week
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Pope Leo XIV spoke by phone this morning with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, concerning the situation in Gaza
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The Institute of Christ the King the Sovereign Priest has ordained 6 new priests 🔥
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IRELAND
Mural of Our Lady of Waterford painted beside Waterford Cathedral
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Pope Paul VI's message to Apollo 11 upon landing on the Moon:
"Honor, greetings and blessings to you, conquerors of the Moon, pale lamp of our nights and our dreams! Bring to it, with your living presence, the voice of the Spirit, a hymn to God, our Creator and our Father."
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Pope Leo XIV held a video call with Buzz Aldrin today to commemorate the Moon Landing
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This is who Joel Berry is telling to 'go pound sand'
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Joel Berry has doubled down on his claims that every Catholic in Holy Family Parish is aiding and supporting Hamas, viciously made in the wake of three Christians being killed at the church
Berry also implied in a post yesterday that those in Holy Family were not Christians
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Cardinal Pizzaballa's moving words in Holy Family in Gaza today:
'Whenever I come here, especially in times of war, I notice: God has visited you.
Through your presence, through your faces, I notice that there is life. There is a vibrant life in your hearts, despite the sea of destruction.
Yes, you have been harmed, but life still exists.
Everywhere there is someone willing to sacrifice their life for others, there God is present'
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AUSTRALIA
Catholics celebrate the Feast Day of Saint Charbel at Punchbowl
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Pope Leo XIV today spoke about the deaths of three Christians in Holy Family in Gaza
Leo XIV named each of the victims
He called for an 'immediate end to the barbarity', adding 'The world can’t take it any more'
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GAZA
Cardinal Pizzaballa celebrating Mass at Holy Family Church this morning
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IRELAND
Fans of Shelbourne FC flew Vatican flags during their 1-0 win over Linfield in the Champions League qualifying first leg
Linfield are historically associated with Protestant Unionism
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PALESTINE
Jewish extremists from Israel carried out ATTACKS on the CHRISTIAN town of Taybeh in the West Bank
They SET FIRE to houses and crops in an effort to force Christians from their homes
Latin, Orthodox and Melkite priests released a joint statement appealing for help
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