Fr Gabriel Romanelli, Gaza City’s Holy Family Parish priest, is seen with a parish child
in Gaza City during the May 2024 visit of the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal
Pierbattista Pizzaballa. Photo: OSV News/courtesy Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. “Everyone here is pleading for mercy: to take pity, for mercy, for compassion, for them to stop this war, for them to stop shooting… for them to stop killing people, for them to stop bombing,” the only parish priest in Gaza, Fr Gabriel Romanelli, said in a video he posted on September 23. “There are…
