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JERUSALEM (OSV News) — For Mother María del Pilar Llerena Vargas, “it was an image that will be very difficult to erase.”
The Sister of Charity of the Incarnate Word from Peru, who is serving in the Catholic parish in Gaza, recalled the pain of watching the funeral of Christians killed in an Oct. 19 blast at a Greek Orthodox church.
Children laid to rest their parents and parents buried their little children after an Israel bombing of a Hamas target next to the Greek Orthodox church caused the collapse of a two-story building in the church complex.
“Some of those children attended the different activities of our parish. They were well-known families and very close to us,” Mother María said in a recorded testimony sent to OSV News.
One father was uncovered from the rubble with no sign of life, parish priest Father Gabriel Romanelli said in an Oct. 22 WhatsApp update, but protected by his body, his little child was found still alive. Father Romanelli was stranded in Bethlehem when the war broke out Oct. 7, and has been in constant contact with his parish since then.
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The Sister of Charity of the Incarnate Word from Peru, who is serving in the Catholic parish in Gaza, recalled the pain of watching the funeral of Christians killed in an Oct. 19 blast at a Greek Orthodox church.
Children laid to rest their parents and parents buried their little children after an Israel bombing of a Hamas target next to the Greek Orthodox church caused the collapse of a two-story building in the church complex.
“Some of those children attended the different activities of our parish. They were well-known families and very close to us,” Mother María said in a recorded testimony sent to OSV News.
One father was uncovered from the rubble with no sign of life, parish priest Father Gabriel Romanelli said in an Oct. 22 WhatsApp update, but protected by his body, his little child was found still alive. Father Romanelli was stranded in Bethlehem when the war broke out Oct. 7, and has been in constant contact with his parish since then.
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Gaza Catholic parish mourns fellow Christians killed in blast at Greek Orthodox complex
Mother María del Pilar Llerena Vargas recalled the pain of the funeral of Christians killed in a blast at a Greek Orthodox church in Gaza.
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