After Covid crisis, Christian families facing new hardships
Since the outbreak of the war on October 7, 2023, many Palestinian Christian families have been facing new financial hardships as they have lost all their sources of income. With the support of the universal Church, the Patriarchate has been able to provide these families with the assistance they urgently need.
In a video clip published on the Patriarchate’s website, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa recalls that the conflict is having an unprecedented toll for the population especially in Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem: “Although conflicts are not new for us,” he says, “we have never experienced one of such long duration and with such severe impact on the life of the population.”
International donations to the Patriarchate
In the videoclip the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem warmly thanks the individual and institutional benefactors from across the world who have responded generously to his appeal for support on 2 November 2023 making the Patriarchate’s relief efforts possible. These include the distribution of food vouchers and the creation of job opportunities for those who have lost work due to the war.
