Vatican & World News 05.10.2026

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Pope Leo XIV has sent a message to the parish priest of the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City after an Israeli strike killed several people, including two Christian women.

Devin Watkins reports. Pope Leo XIV has voiced his sorrow in a message to Gaza's parish priest after an Israeli airstrike killed five civilians, including two women from the local Christian community.

The attack struck a residential building in Gaza City's Rimal neighborhood early on Saturday, October 3rd.

Among those killed were two Greek Orthodox women who had recently found a new place of refuge and were trying to rebuild their lives.

Writing to Father Gabriel Romanelli, parish priest of the Holy Family Church, Pope Leo said he was praying for the women, their families, and the whole community of Gaza.

He also thanked the priest for accompanying so many people who want to live in peace.

Separately, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, expressed his condolences and condemned the loss of innocent lives.

Speaking to an Italian newspaper ahead of the anniversary of October 7, the Cardinal said Israelis and Palestinians remain caught in a profound, unresolved trauma.

Although the intensity of the war has diminished, he warned that everyday life and humanitarian conditions may be even worse.

Reconstruction has not begun and living conditions have deteriorated in some respects.

With winter approaching, the Cardinal said rain would pose an enormous problem for families living in tents.

Cardinal Pizzabala said the reopening of Gaza's parish school showed the community's determination to begin again, despite the difficulties.

The local church continues to provide hope and humanitarian assistance to hundreds of displaced people with nowhere safe to go.

I'm Devin Watkins. Pope Leo XIV emphasized

the importance of dialogue in resolving issues that arise in the workplace in a meeting on October 5th with representatives of the Women in the Vatican Association and of the Association of Vatican Lay Workers.

He also highlighted the need to recognize and appreciate the presence of women in the Vatican. Christopher Wells tells us more.

La presenza delle donne costituisce una ricchezza che va riconosciuta e valorizzata sempre più.

Pope Leo XIV insisted that the presence of women in the Vatican is a valuable asset that must be increasingly recognized and appreciated.

In an address, representatives of the Women in the Vatican Association and of the Association of Vatican Lay Workers.

Women, the Pope said, bring not only a special sensitivity toward people and relationships, but also the full range of human, professional, and intellectual talents inherent in the female experience and perspective.

The Holy Father emphasized, once again, the irreplaceable centrality of the human person and the inalienable dignity of work, especially given the developments in artificial intelligence.

In the Vatican in particular, he said, it is especially important to highlight two concepts of fundamental value, community and unity, which he said are very close to my heart as well.

Pope Leo said that all who contribute their work to the Pope's ministry form an ecclesial community,

sharing in the mission entrusted to Peter and his successors by the Lord.

Where problems in the workplace do arise, As Poplio said, the path of dialogue, pursued with confidence and creativity, remains the primary way forward.

Indeed, he said, revitalizing dialogue at all levels

is what I sought in my first encyclical to

propose to the entire Church and to all men and women of goodwill, as an integral part of the Church's vocation and a principal instrument for coexistence among people.

As we walk this path together, Pope Leo told Vatican employees and women in the Vatican,

we will strive to build a workplace community where people are neither used nor sidelined, where we support one another and acknowledge everyone's worth and competence,

avoiding the seeds of dissatisfaction and resentment. I'm Christopher Wells.

Pope Leo met on Monday with priests and religious from across South Korea who reside in Rome.

Many of them are involved in the upcoming World Youth Day to be held in Seoul in 2027.

In his address, the Pope expressed his hope that those attending the World Youth Day will receive the faith of the Korean martyrs and carry it out onto the roads of the world.