Gaza, Israel and Pope Francis
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Gaza’s only Catholic church – a refuge for many Christians during Israel’s war on Palestinians – has been bombed this morning. Strikes pounded the Holy Family Church, killing two people and wounding several others,
Jim Harbaugh went to the Vatican bearing gifts for Pope Francis during his time as the Michigan football head coach.
After a weekly address at St. Peter's Square, Harbaugh had the honor of giving the pope a Michigan helmet and a pair of Jordan sneakers. The helmet was personalized with the pope’s name and the No. 266, representing that he was the 266th pope in history.
The Los Angeles Chargers are the first NFL team to open training camp. Football season is certainly back. Somehow on Thursday, Harbaugh shared that he had met seven Presidents, four First Ladies and Pope Francis, and he said that all in the same sentence as his proclamation that he had caught 22 foul balls at MLB games.
Without basis, without charity, Pope Francis and his advisors stripped that venerable gem away from Catholics almost entirely.
Mughrabi and Crispian Balmer CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli forces killed at least 22 people in attacks in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including two people who died in a strike on a church that late Pope Francis used to speak to regularly,