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Ten weeks into Leo’s pontificate, Israeli shelling had struck Holy Family Church in Gaza City, the only Catholic parish in the strip, where about 500 displaced people were sheltering.
Michael McKeonEl-Kassis may address the General Assembly, co-sponsor documents, circulate texts and exercise a right of reply, though no ballot is ever placed in his hands. What the Vatican brings to that room is a moral argument, and Leo has just given it a Middle Eastern accent.