Welcome to Catholic news World welcome to Catholic news world please subscribe to our Channel my name is Steph here are this week’s breaking news headlines according to the Catholic patriarch of Jerusalem on December 16th 2023 a sniper reportedly of the Israel Defense Forces murdered two Christian women at the compound of the Holy Family Parish in Gaza
Palestine hundreds of people have been Sheltering there since the War Began the victims naha and her daughter somar were shot and killed as they walked to the convent of Mother Teresa’s sisters one was killed as she tried to carry the other to safety seven more people were
Shot and wounded as they tried to protect others inside the church compound patriarch P Batista pabal explained that no warning was given no notification was provided they were shot in Cold Blood on the premises of the parish compound where there are no belligerent earlier that morning a
Rocket was fired from an IDF tank targeted the convent of the sisters of Mother Teresa missionaries of Charity the convent was home to over 54 disabled persons and is part of the church compound which was signaled as a place of worship since the beginning of the war the building’s generator the only
Source of electricity and the fuel resources were destroyed the house was damaged by the result in explosion and massive fire two more Rockets fired by an IDF tank targeted the same Convent and rendered the home uninhabitable the 54 disabled persons are currently displaced and without access to the respirators that some of
Them need to survive in addition as a result of the heavy bombing in the area three people were wounded inside the church compound last night furthermore solar panels and water tanks which are indispensable for the survival of the community were destroyed together in prayer with the whole Christian Community we express our
Closeness and condolences to the families affected by this senseless tragedy at the same time we cannot but Express that we are at a loss to comprehend how such an attack could be carried out even more so as the whole church prepares for Christmas the Catholic Priestly fraternity of St Peter a traditional
Clerical Society of apostolic life of pontifical right has lost one of its members Father Miguel stegmeier age 47 died tragically in a fire at one of their religious houses in Germany the German fssp wrote it is with a heavy heart that we announced that our brother Father Miguel STM died in an accident
Late in the evening of December 19th at the time of the accident father STM and three other people were staying in a Brotherhood house in the Hoff district of Upper Franconia he had already retreated to his room when his roommates noticed a fire breaking out they tried to rescue
Father stemm from his room but the heavy smoke and heat made this impossible only the emergency services from the fire department who were alerted were able to rescue him however the resuscitation measures initiated were unsuccessful the cause of the fire is currently under investigation Miguel STM was born on May
13th 1976 in Santiago de Chile his time at a Jesuit school in his native Chile was formative for him where he acquired a love for worship and the Latin language at an early age in 1996 he entered the St Peter seminary in wigratzbad and was ordained a priest for
The Brotherhood on June 21st 2003 from 2003 to 2020 father STM worked in our apostolate in Cologne his cheerful nature and his Zeal for the Liturgy won many hearts there the fssp wrote on Facebook please pray for the Repose of the soul of Father Miguel STM fssp who died accidentally in a fire
Last night in our house St adhy in langenbach Germany he was ordained for the fraternity on June 21st 2003 the auxiliary Bishop ameritus Nicolas schwar figer age 75 of Germany was attacked at home and is an intensive care hildesheim auxiliary Bishop schwar fager was attacked in his own home the
Dicese of hildesheim wrote hildesheim auxiliary Bishop ameritus Dr Nicolas schwar figer was attacked and seriously injured by an unknown person in a physical attack on Saturday evening in his home in lson he suffered a wound to his face two broken ribs and a small injury to his lung which required
Intensive care he is now on the mend the people in the dicese of hildesheim are very close to auxiliary Bishop schwar figer in this situation we wish him a speedy recovery and pray for him said Bishop heiner Wilmer after visiting the sick together with auxiliary Bishop Hein Gunter
Bongarts the ndr reported according to the police there was an argument in front of or in the priest’s apartment on Saturday evening a previously Unknown man is said to have rang the 75-year-olds doorbell after schwar figer opened the door he was insulted and shortly afterward punched and pushed so
That he fell the police said the details of the violent act are still unknown the Parish of St Oliver writes that the perpetrator was y Peddler a Catholic nun sister NAA Salah of the Holy Family Church in Gaza pleads with world leaders in an interview with Vatican news sister Naila Salah who is
Sheltering at the Catholic church in Gaza says world leaders must open their eyes on catastrophe in Gaza in addition to this kedis internationalis along with several of the confederations 162 National caraus joined on Monday a global day of action calling for a ceasefire now in the Gaza Strip and
Israel to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe and further loss of innocent lives the death toll is at 20,000 people killed with the majority of the deaths being women and children the petition involves more than 800 organizations worldwide and has already gathered more than 1.5 million signatures people throughout the world
Must unite and say with one United global voice enough is enough cease fire stop this brutal bombardment International political leaders must urge Israel and Hamas to a ceasefire in the Holy Land said Alistair Dutton kedus internationalis Secretary General sister Naila Salah of the Holy Family Catholic parish in Gaza spoke to
Vatican news about the two parishioners killed by Israeli snipers on December 16th as the Catholic ordinaries also issued new appeal for peace we ask world leaders to open their eyes on the Relentless death and destruction killing of children and innocence after over 70 days of war the
Nun of the congregation of the Rosary of Jerusalem was present on December 16th when n khil Anton and her daughter somar Kamal Anton two parishioners living in the compound were shot sister Salah described to Vatican news what happened that day NOA the mother was shot dead by
Some snipers stationed in the houses on the rear and as soon as the daughter saw her mother fall she went to help her but she was also hit on the head she said adding that the parishioners hardly managed to recover one body while they had to wait a long time before
Retrieving the other the nun is traumatized because she actually saw the incident and because Israeli tanks have now surrounded the church and shooting is constant making it almost impossible to go out of the building even to find food of which they are in desperate need sister Naila explained that Israeli
Forces have ordered the community not to go out after 400 p.m. snipers are everywhere and tension is constant while the compound has no electricity and drinking water she said nevertheless she added we are grateful to God that until now at least there have been no more
Deaths and we pray that this war ends very soon Israeli authorities had been warned that almost the entire gazan Christian Community is sheltered there here there are no weapons and there are no Muslims sister Naila said the church is now also Sheltering the seven people injured during Saturday’s incident who need
Treatment the vicer father Yousef has asked for help but given the ongoing fighting in the area they don’t know when and if it will arrive said sister Nila among the refugees in the Holy Family Parish there are also several children many of whom are disabled or
Sick all of them she said are eager to prepare for Christmas but it will be difficult the birth of Jesus always fills our hearts with joy despite everything and we will try to prepare for Christmas as best we can and as the humanitarian tragedy continues to unfold
Across Gaza the Assembly of the Catholic ordinaries of the Holy Land also launched another impassion plea for the immediate end of the war in a Christmas message released on Monday their Justice and Peace Commission recalled the 20,000,000 men women and children Palestinian and Israeli who have been
Killed in the past 70 days or so the war has taken an enormous toll on an entire generation of our children who live in Daily fear for themselves and their families read the message in Gaza more Palestinian children have been killed in the last 2 months than in the preceding
2 years of war in all of the conflicts worldwide the war has taken an enormous toll on an entire generation of our children who live in Daily fear for themselves and their families since the outbreak of the conflict on October 7th about 2 million people more than 85% of gaza’s population have been
Displaced and most of them are without shelter and constantly on the Move we lament the loss of life fear for the wounded who have little access to Medical Care and are anguished for the homeless the Catholic religious leaders said in the face of such immense tragedy they asked all those celebrating
Christmas in the world to pray for peace in the holy land and urged world leaders to act to end the war immediately and and facilitate a path towards a just peace based on equality we pray for peace in Bethlehem in Gaza and all over the Holy Land we pray for an end to
Violence and the release of all captives we pray for a permanent ceasefire and for the dawning of a time of dialogue instead of Oppression of Justice instead of imposed Solutions of living together instead of the dream of getting rid of one another watch our program every Friday
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