Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 2, 2025 / 14:16 pm

As negotiations between Israel and Hamas continue, Bishop A. Elias Zaidan is urging Catholics to pray for a peaceful conclusion to the nearly two-year-long armed conflict in the Gaza Strip.

“As an international community and people of faith who deeply care for all our brothers and sisters who live in the land of Christ’s life, death, and glorious resurrection, we cannot lose this opportunity for peace,” Zaidan, who chairs the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on International Justice and Peace, said in an Oct. 1 statement .

“I call on Catholics and all men and women of goodwill to, once again, pray ardently for an end to this devastating war,” the bishop implored.

Zaidan’s comments come in response to a

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