‘We ask that you pray for us’

Faith: stronger than war

Fr Romanelli on the devotion of those in his parish: ‘We want peace for Israel. We want peace for Palestine. I suffer for my flock.’
PHOTO: © CBCEW.ORG.UK, MARCIN MAZUR

Throughout the unprecedented devastation wrought by a war that has lasted nearly seven months,
Fr Gabriel Romanelli has been trying to return to his parish in the Gaza Strip, where so many residents are desperate to flee.

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