Posted on 07/17/2025 2:56:54 PM PDT by ebb tide
The White House states President Donald Trump’s reaction to this morning’s Israeli military strike on the only Catholic church in Gaza was “not positive” and prompted a call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
At around 10:20 a.m. local time on Thursday, the Holy Family Catholic Church compound “was struck by the Israeli army” killing at least three and injuring nine others “including one in critical condition and two in serious condition,” according to a statement from the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
During a White House press briefing today Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about Trump’s reaction to the bombing and responded, “It was not a positive reaction. He called Prime Minister Netanyahu this morning to address the strikes on that church in Gaza. And I understand the Prime Minister agreed to put out a statement.”
She went on to claim, “it was a mistake by the Israelis to hit that Catholic Church. That’s what the Prime Minister relayed to the President. And you should look at the Prime Minister’s statement on that.”
But according to The Pillar, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, expressed doubts that the strike on the church was a mistake.
“What we know for sure is that a tank, the IDF says by mistake, but we are not sure about this, they hit the church directly, the Church of the Holy Family, the Latin Church.”
“We don’t have complete information about what has happened in Gaza today because the communication in Gaza is not that simple,” the Franciscan cardinal said.
However, the Catholic outlet went on to report that “sources close to the patriarchate’s chancery” told them “Church authorities were considering the possibility that the tank attack” upon the church was “a deliberate act of retaliation” for Church authorities speaking out on Monday against violent terrorist attacks by Israeli settlers against the Christian town of Taybeh in the West Bank.
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The statement by these Christian authorities in the Holy Land charged Israeli authorities with facilitating and enabling the attacks upon Christians and other Palestinians in the occupied territories.
“We call for an immediate and transparent investigation into why the Israeli police did not respond to emergency calls from the local community and why these abhorrent actions continue to go unpunished,” the prelates demanded.
“Furthermore, we ask diplomats, politicians, and church officials worldwide to provide a prayerful and outspoken voice for our ecumenical community in Taybeh, that their presence may be secured and that they can live in peace to worship freely, grow crops without danger, and live in a peace that seems to be in far too short of supply,” the statement said.
Whose Catholic Church? Yours, or the one that Father Bob runs?
You do not have to be a terrorist state to have terrorists. Stop pretending that Israelis can do no wrong.
What part of "a Catholic church" do you not understand?
IDF will investigate this friendly fire event. Do you doubt that? Of course this was a mistake and horrible. To call this terror is evil and crazy.
Man, you are piece of work. Were you asleep during the Second Vatical Council (Nostra Aetate)?
Loser. Medieval Catholic. Self flagellator
Do you honestly think IDF officers an NCOs would sanction the bombing of a church and killing civilians? When it happens it is investigated. If done on purpose by a zealot soldier they will be severely punished:
“Amen corner” I gotta remember that one… ;-)
I post an article about the IDF bombing a Catholic Church and that has something to do with VC II's heretical "Nostra Aetate"?
Do you really think Jews, Muslims and Christians worship the same God? If so, why are the former two mortal enemies?
As opposed to a Muslim Rabbi?
Individual officers and NCOs? Yes. All Israelis are not saints. There have been attacks by individual Jews against Christians in Israel for years. Do not pretend that it does not happen. And do not hide behind the charge of anti-Semitism when someone points it out.
1 John 2:23
No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.
The One.
“Some worship Israel more than they do G-d.”
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Bingo! “Even the elect will be deceived.”
What part of "a Catholic church" do you not understand?
What part of this is your pimping a LifeSite blog piece, and not remotely a papal bull, do you not understand.
Romulus, eh? Is it because you have affinity for the milk from the six tinted wolf mother of Rome? Freak.
Inter Caetera
You are crazy.
you want israel and the jewish people to be attacked under color of the catholic church
You are certifiably nuts.
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