The cardinal vowed that Gaza’s residents, like those in Bethlehem, would “continue to celebrate every day and return to rebuild everything anew.”
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, said on Wednesday that the Gaza Strip carries “a message of resilience and hope” despite widespread destruction caused by Israel’s two-year genocidal assault on the enclave, the Anadolu news agency reported.
“Our hearts today are with Gaza, where there is total destruction,” Pizzaballa said in comments upon arrival in the West Bank city of Bethlehem to lead a midnight Christmas Mass.
“Yet despite everything, its people still have a passion for life, a will to rejoice and a refusal to surrender,” he added.
Christian denominations that follow the Western calendar mark Christmas with a midnight Mass on December 24–25, while churches that follow the Eastern calendar celebrate on January 7.
Pizzaballa said Gaza’s residents, like those in Bethlehem, would begin again despite the devastation.
“We will celebrate in Gaza and in Bethlehem. We will continue to celebrate every day and return to rebuild everything anew,” he added. (more...)
Gaza Carries ‘Message of Resilience’ over Devastation – Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
His Beatitude Pierbattista Cardinal Pizzaballa, addressing Christians in Bethlehem today says “the light of Bethlehem is the Light of the World”, adding that “I saw in Gaza disaster there, the situation is really catastrophic, but I saw there also the desire for life”:
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