Posts Tagged ‘Israeli-Gaza conflict’

Pope Francis, recovering from bronchitis, calls for end of Gaza conflict

Thursday, March 7th, 2024

Pope Francis on Sunday appealed for an end to the conflict in Gaza, as he showed signs of recovery after suffering from bronchitis. On Saturday, the 87-year-old pope delegated the reading of a speech at a ceremony to an aide, and on Wednesday, he made a brief trip to a Rome hospital after he missed Read more

Aides defend Pope from charges of false equivalence on Gaza war

Monday, November 27th, 2023

A group of Italian rabbis and other prominent Jewish leaders have struck back against Pope Francis’s referral Wednesday to the ongoing war in Gaza as “terrorism.” The group asserts that he’s falsely equating the aggressors with the victims, while the pope’s aides insist he’s not “overlooking” the Hamas attack that launched the conflict. In a Read more