The most senior Catholic cleric in the Holy Land urged Palestinians “not just to survive” but to “rebuild life” in Gaza as he led Christmas Mass there on Sunday, against the backdrop of apocalyptic destruction and displacement. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, went to the Holy Family Church in Gaza City in … The post ‘We are still here.’ Catholic patriarch leads Christmas Mass at Gaza church bombed by Israel during the war appeared first on Egypt Independent .