An injured Palestinian woman gestures after an Israeli airstrike on a house in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, amid
the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. Photo: OSV News/Mohammed Salem, Reuters As the Church begins its Advent and Christmas seasons, the pastor of Gaza’s lone Catholic parish stressed the importance of stepping up one’s spiritual life amid the tragedies of war, and said the Pope’s attention to them has been a major consolation. “It is truly a tough time,” said Fr Gabriel Romanelli, an Argentinian priest…
