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The Priest Who Stayed in Gaza: Father Gabriel Romanelli's Memoir - Kristen Theriault
Kristen Theriault joins the program to unpack one of the most extraordinary Catholic memoirs in recent memory: Ruins and Light: In the Epicenter of Unrest by Father Gabriel Romanelli, the Claretian priest who serves the roughly one thousand Christians remaining in Gaza City at the Church of the Holy Family — the only Catholic church in Gaza.
When war erupted on October 7, 2023, Father Romanelli was in Jerusalem but returned immediately to his parish, where displaced Christians — including those who fled after the bombing of the nearby Orthodox Saint Porphyrius Church — took refuge. The book…
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