Beatrice Guarrera reported that a year later, “fighting has not ceased, nor has the humanitarian emergency in Gaza.” A year after he was injured in the attack, Father Gabriel Romanelli, I.V.E., the parish’s pastor, said that “Gaza’s roads are destroyed,” that diesel costs $13 per liter, and that gasoline costs $27 per liter.

“80% of the infrastructure remains destroyed; this involves not just buildings, but also water and electricity networks,” added Auxiliary Bishop William Shomali of Jerusalem. “Many schools and universities no longer exist.”

This fall, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem plans to reopen the Gaza parish school for 1,000 students. Bishop Shomali said that “the children will at least not be left on the streets. It is important that they return to their studies, to try to slowly bring them back to normality and attempt to overcome the trauma of war.”

“According to the petition, more than 800 incidents of violence against Christians were documented in 2025, while 285 incidents were reported during the first six months of 2026,” Catholic Connect, a website of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India, reported.

The prelate’s petition called for “preventive policing through practical and enforceable court directions, strict accountability for vigilante violence, fair application of criminal law so that victims are not criminalized, and enhanced protection for Christian communities.”

Today marks the liturgical memorial of St. Camillus de Lellis (1550-1641) in the United States; the saint is commemorated on July 14 on the General Roman Calendar.

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Holy See’s Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations, began a four-day visit to Ukraine on July 17. Archbishop Gallagher is Pope Leo’s special envoy for the celebration of the 35th anniversary of the renewal of the structures of the Latin-rite Church in Ukraine.

“A distinction must be made between for-profit activities, such as certain guesthouses for pilgrims and institutions with a strictly religious, educational or social purpose,” Bishop Shomali said in an interview.

“If an agreement were reached regarding for-profit activities, it is likely that the Churches would only be required to pay the tax in the future, without retroactive effect,” he continued. “As for schools, hospitals, social centers and purely religious institutions, the Churches hope that they will continue to benefit from [the] traditional exemption.”

According to a UISG statement, Sister Roxanne Schares, S.S.N.D., the group’s executive secretary, “emphasized the daily contribution of Catholic sisters in some of the most fragile contexts around the world, acting as a prophetic presence and voice and accompanying migrants, refugees, trafficked persons, and communities affected by violent conflict, poverty, and discrimination.”

The law establishes that “any licensed, registered, or certified health care provider present in the provider’s professional capacity at the time a child is born alive during or after an abortion or attempted abortion shall exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence to preserve the life, health, and comfort of the child as a reasonably diligent and conscientious provider would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age.”

In addition, the law provides that “any person who knowingly performs or attempts to perform an overt act that kills a child born alive shall be guilty of first-degree murder.”

The legislation passed the state house in a 102-46 vote and the state senate in an 18-14 vote.

“No political office, no electoral victory, and no grievance, political or otherwise, can ever justify aggression, intimidation, or the shedding of blood,” they said in their July 16 statement, amid election-related violence. “Let this election be conducted honestly, let its results be announced transparently, and let the verdict of the Zambian people, once fairly given, be honored by all.”

Located in southern Africa, the nation of 21.4 million (map) is 87% Christian (44% Catholic), 10% ethnic religionist, and 2% Baháʼí.

The agency cited a report from Article 18, a London-based organization that promotes human rights in Iran.

“They broke many glass windowpanes, but timely police intervention helped stop further damage,” said Father Thankachan Jose, a priest of the Diocese of Jabalpur, following the attack on St. Aloysius Senior Secondary School on the city’s outskirts.