'It is time to stop this slaughter' in wake of deadly Israeli strike on Gaza church: Pope Leo Related news

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ISTANBUL Pope Leo on Friday called for an immediate end to the violence in Gaza, condemning Israel’s deadly strike on the enclave’s Holy Family Catholic Church as “unjustifiable,” according to the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem. After visiting the Holy Family Catholic Church, the only Catholic parish in Gaza, alongside Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa said the pope personally called him during the visit to express his concern. “Pope Leo repeatedly stated