{"id":79540,"date":"2026-03-13T05:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T05:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=79540"},"modified":"2026-03-13T05:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T05:05:00","slug":"gazas-catholic-pastor-border-closures-make-crisis-tragic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/gazas-catholic-pastor-border-closures-make-crisis-tragic\/","title":{"rendered":"P\u00e1rroco cat\u00f3lico de Gaza: El cierre de fronteras hace que la crisis sea \u00abtr\u00e1gica\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Father Gabriel Romanelli, the only Catholic pastor in Gaza, is warning that the closure of border crossings into the territory is deepening an already dire humanitarian situation, leaving civilians \u201cat the limit of their strength.\u201dRomanelli, pastor of Holy Family Parish in Gaza City, said the shutdown threatens the flow of humanitarian assistance and essential goods \u2014 and blocks patients who need medical treatment outside Gaza from leaving.\u201cThe outlook is tragic, terrible,\u201d Romanelli told the official Vatican News outlet. While some\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Father Gabriel Romanelli, the only Catholic pastor in Gaza, is warning that the closure of border crossings into the territory is deepening an already dire humanitarian situation, leaving civilians \u201cat the limit of their strength.\u201dRomanelli, pastor of Holy Family Parish in Gaza City, said the shutdown threatens the flow of humanitarian assistance and essential goods \u2014 and blocks patients who need medical treatment outside Gaza from leaving.\u201cThe outlook is tragic, terrible,\u201d Romanelli told the official Vatican News outlet. While some\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-79540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54396,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/un-delegation-makes-surprise-visit-to-catholic-parish-in-gaza\/","url_meta":{"origin":79540,"position":0},"title":"UN delegation makes surprise visit to Catholic parish in Gaza","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"agosto 25, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"People gather at the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Family on Palm Sunday in al-Zaitoun neighborhood of Gaza City on March 24, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. \/ Credit: AFP via Getty Images Stockholm, Sweden, Jul 2, 2025 \/ 18:17 pm (CNA). A United Nations delegation made a surprise visit on Tuesday to Holy Family Parish, the only Latin-rite Catholic Church in Gaza, which hosts hundreds of people displaced by the war.&nbsp;\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abChristian News\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"UN delegation makes surprise visit to Catholic parish in Gaza","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UN-delegation-makes-surprise-visit-to-Catholic-parish-in-Gaza.webp?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UN-delegation-makes-surprise-visit-to-Catholic-parish-in-Gaza.webp?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UN-delegation-makes-surprise-visit-to-Catholic-parish-in-Gaza.webp?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UN-delegation-makes-surprise-visit-to-Catholic-parish-in-Gaza.webp?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":60877,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/israel-issues-evacuation-order-for-holy-family-parishs-gaza-city-neighborhood\/","url_meta":{"origin":79540,"position":1},"title":"Israel issues evacuation order for Holy Family Parish\u2019s Gaza City neighborhood","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"agosto 19, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Worshippers attend a Sunday morning Mass led by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, at the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Family in Gaza City on July 20, 2025. \/ Credit: OMAR AL-QATTAA\/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Aug 18, 2025 \/ 15:04 pm (CNA). Father Gabriel Romanelli, the pastor of the only Catholic church in Gaza, Holy Family Parish, said Monday that an evacuation order was issued by Israeli forces for the al-Zaytun neighborhood surrounding the parish\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abChristian News\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Israel issues evacuation order for Holy Family Parish\u2019s Gaza City neighborhood","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Israel-issues-evacuation-order-for-Holy-Family-Parishs-Gaza-City-neighborhood.webp?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Israel-issues-evacuation-order-for-Holy-Family-Parishs-Gaza-City-neighborhood.webp?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Israel-issues-evacuation-order-for-Holy-Family-Parishs-Gaza-City-neighborhood.webp?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Israel-issues-evacuation-order-for-Holy-Family-Parishs-Gaza-City-neighborhood.webp?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7002,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/under-patronage-of-st-joseph-parish-priest-restarts-schooling-for-students-in-gaza\/","url_meta":{"origin":79540,"position":2},"title":"Under patronage of St. Joseph, parish priest restarts schooling for students in Gaza","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"julio 20, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Source Some young people from Gaza during study aid activities in a gazebo inside the compound of the Latin Parish of the Holy Family. Beginning June 10, 2024, about 150 children and teenagers ages 4 to 17 who are sheltering in the Latin parish and in the Orthodox parish have taken up their books and notebooks again to reconnect with their studies. Three gazebos in the garden host study groups. 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Newsroom, Aug 1, 2025 \/ 14:15 pm (CNA). Bishop Abdallah Elias Zaidan, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops\u2019 Committee on International Justice and Peace, expressed approval of U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s recent comments recognizing starvation in Gaza.&nbsp; \u201cI commend President Trump\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abChristian News\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Bishop Zaidan commends President Trump\u2019s acknowledgment of starvation in Gaza","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bishop-Zaidan-commends-President-Trumps-acknowledgment-of-starvation-in-Gaza.webp?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bishop-Zaidan-commends-President-Trumps-acknowledgment-of-starvation-in-Gaza.webp?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bishop-Zaidan-commends-President-Trumps-acknowledgment-of-starvation-in-Gaza.webp?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bishop-Zaidan-commends-President-Trumps-acknowledgment-of-starvation-in-Gaza.webp?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":57494,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/israel-says-holy-family-church-in-gaza-was-mistakenly-hit-regrets-damage\/","url_meta":{"origin":79540,"position":4},"title":"Israel says Holy Family Church in Gaza was \u2018mistakenly\u2019 hit, \u2018regrets\u2019 damage","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"septiembre 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A view of the damage to Holy Family Church in Gaza City following an Israeli strike on the church in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City on July 17, 2025. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said an Israeli strike on Gaza\u2019s only Catholic church killed three and injured several people on July 17, including the parish priest, as well as causing damage to the building. \/ Credit: OMAR AL-QATTAA\/AFP via Getty Images Rome Newsroom, Jul 18, 2025 \/ 13:00 pm\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abChristian News\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Israel says Holy Family Church in Gaza was \u2018mistakenly\u2019 hit, \u2018regrets\u2019 damage","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Israel-says-Holy-Family-Church-in-Gaza-was-%E2%80%98mistakenly-hit-%E2%80%98regrets-damage.webp?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Israel-says-Holy-Family-Church-in-Gaza-was-%E2%80%98mistakenly-hit-%E2%80%98regrets-damage.webp?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Israel-says-Holy-Family-Church-in-Gaza-was-%E2%80%98mistakenly-hit-%E2%80%98regrets-damage.webp?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Israel-says-Holy-Family-Church-in-Gaza-was-%E2%80%98mistakenly-hit-%E2%80%98regrets-damage.webp?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":57670,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/pope-leo-xiv-prays-by-name-for-gaza-parish-strike-victims-renews-plea-for-ceasefire\/","url_meta":{"origin":79540,"position":5},"title":"Pope Leo XIV prays by name for Gaza parish strike victims, renews plea for ceasefire","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"agosto 9, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus address on July 13, 2025 from Liberty Square in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, where he is spending a two-week summer break. \/ Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Jul 20, 2025 \/ 08:46 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Sunday prayed by name for the victims of a deadly Israeli strike on the only Catholic parish in Gaza, decrying the \u201cbarbarism of the war\u201d as he renewed his call for an immediate ceasefire.&nbsp; \u201cI express my profound\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abChristian News\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Pope Leo XIV prays by name for Gaza parish strike victims, renews plea for ceasefire","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Pope-Leo-XIV-prays-by-name-for-Gaza-parish-strike-victims-renews-plea-for-ceasefire.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Pope-Leo-XIV-prays-by-name-for-Gaza-parish-strike-victims-renews-plea-for-ceasefire.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Pope-Leo-XIV-prays-by-name-for-Gaza-parish-strike-victims-renews-plea-for-ceasefire.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Pope-Leo-XIV-prays-by-name-for-Gaza-parish-strike-victims-renews-plea-for-ceasefire.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","mfb_rest_fields":["title","jetpack_publicize_connections","jetpack-related-posts","jetpack_sharing_enabled","jetpack_featured_media_url"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79540"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=79540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}