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Monday, December 29, 2025

Feliz Navidad 2025- Nativity scene made by the follower Elduayen Navallas Roc, a Franciscan tertiary from Navarre.

Feliz Navidad 2025- Nativity scene made by the follower Elduayen Navallas Roc, a Franciscan tertiary from Navarre.

 P. Gabriel Romanelli

Translated from Spanish 

Today the Church also remembers the Holy Innocents, little lights that departed before their time, but whose offering remains alive in the heart of our faith. 
 
May their memory invite us to be protectors of life, to care for the purity of the smallest ones, and to remember that, even in moments of darkness, innocence shines with an unstoppable force. 
 
May they intercede for all the children of the world.  
 
In the images, one can see a nativity scene made by the follower Elduayen Navallas Roc, a Franciscan tertiary from Navarre.
 

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Feliz Navidad 2025- Nativity scene made by the follower Elduayen Navallas Roc, a Franciscan tertiary from Navarre.

 
Feliz Navidad 2025- Nativity scene made by the follower Elduayen Navallas Roc, a Franciscan tertiary from Navarre.

Friday, December 26, 2025

Israel must let UNRWA aid into Gaza ... UNRWA has food, shelter, medical and other essential supplies outside of Gaza - enough to reach hundreds of thousands of people facing the harsh winter. This aid has been blocked by Israeli Authorities since March. Refusing to let it in is a choice – one that deprives people inside Gaza of the means to survive and recover. UNRWA's 12,000 team members are working tirelessly inside Gaza... But letting the blocked aid in would enable them to multiply their operations massively.

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UNRWA has food, shelter, medical and other essential supplies outside of #Gaza - enough to reach hundreds of thousands of people facing the harsh winter. 
 
This aid has been blocked by Israeli Authorities since March. 
 
Refusing to let it in is a choice – one that deprives people inside Gaza of the means to survive and recover. 
 
UNRWA's 12,000 team members are working tirelessly inside Gaza... But letting the blocked aid in would enable them to multiply their operations massively.

 https://x.com/UNRWA/status/2004553265996820965

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Want to keep Christ in Christmas? Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, welcome the stranger, care for the sick, comfort the afflicted, love the outcast, inspire the hopeless.

Thursday, December 25, 2025

1939, Iqrit, Palestine - At the time of their eviction in November 1948, Iqrit was home to 491 residents, the majority of whom 432 were Melkite (Greek Catholic) Christians living throughout the village, the remaining 59 Muslim inhabitants either rented homes in Iqrit or had built houses in the nearby area of esh-Shafaya. By 1948, the villagers collectively owned around 600 dunams (approximately 600,000 m²) of private land. Much of this area was covered with fig groves that served both the people of Iqrit and neighboring communities....

1939, Iqrit, Palestine
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1939, Iqrit, Palestine 🇵🇸 
 
At the time of their eviction in November 1948, Iqrit was home to 491 residents, the majority of whom 432 were Melkite (Greek Catholic) Christians living throughout the village, the remaining 59 Muslim inhabitants either rented homes in Iqrit or had built houses in the nearby area of esh-Shafaya. 
 
By 1948, the villagers collectively owned around 600 dunams (approximately 600,000 m²) of private land. 
 
Much of this area was covered with fig groves that served both the people of Iqrit and neighboring communities. 
 
These groves spread across the hill of al-Bayad, while the remaining cultivated lands were used to grow lentils, tobacco, and various fruit trees. 
 
Iqrit had a private elementary school managed by the Greek Catholic Archdiocese, as well as a large Melkite church that still stands today. 
 
The village was rich in natural water sources, including two springs, numerous wells, and a large pool that collected rainwater. 
 
Several threshing floors lay between the residential area and the cemetery, reflecting the agricultural life that once flourished in Iqrit.

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Palestine Remembered  

 

Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Details 

 

https://www.palestineremembered.com/Acre/Iqrit/index.html 

 

In November 1948, Iqrit was completely ethnically cleansed... by Zionist troops  

 

Some of the refugees were bused to Lebanon, to al-Rashedyah refugee camp, and the rest were bused al-Rama, 20 km south. 

 

Village Before Nakba

The village was located on a steep hill a few kilometers from the Lebanese border. It overlooked uneven terrain on the east and Wadi al-Bassa (which descended towards the sea) on the west. A secondary road, on which a good number of villages were also located, linked it to the Acre-Ra's al-Naqura coastal highway. Iqrit could be traced back to the Canaanites, who erected a statue on the site representing the god Melqart of Tyre. The Crusaders occupied it and called it Acref. Like other villages in Palestine, Iqrit was devastated by the events of the Crusades. It was subsequently rebuilt, and by 1596 this village in the nahiya of Tibnin (liwa' of Safad) had a population of 374. It paid taxes on goats and beehives and on its press, which was used for processing either olives or grapes. In the late nineteenth century, Iqrit had a population of about 100. The buildings in the village were made of stone and included a modern chapel. Situated on a tell, the village was surrounded by arable land, which the villagers planted with fig and olive trees...  READ MORE  https://www.palestineremembered.com/Acre/Iqrit/index.html

Bethlehem, Palestine today ... Christmas Day 2025... "The birthplace of Jesus - Bethlehem, [Palestine] 🇵🇸 - is walled off from the world by Israel, shrunk to less than 15% of its size by land grab & isolated from its twin city Jerusalem. Yet Christmas for Palestinians is a joyous national holiday of hope in justice. Merry Christmas to all." Nour Odeh

Bethlehem, Palestine today ✨

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The birthplace of Jesus - Bethlehem, [Palestine] 🇵🇸 - is walled off from the world by Israel, shrunk to less than 15% of its size by land grab & isolated from its twin city Jerusalem. Yet Christmas for Palestinians is a joyous national holiday of hope in justice. Merry Christmas to all.

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Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City is named after Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. According to tradition, the Holy Family passed through Gaza during their flight into Egypt after the visit of the Magi, when Herod ordered the massacre of the innocents.

Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City is named after Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

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Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City is named after Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. 
 
According to tradition, the Holy Family passed through Gaza during their flight into Egypt after the visit of the Magi, when Herod ordered the massacre of the innocents.

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The Flight into Egypt, stained glass in a choir chapel, Notre Dame de Paris cathedral, Paris, France- Fortunately, all the stained-glass windows survived the fire in April 2019. https://www.friendsofnotredamedeparis.org/the-stained-glass-of-notre-dame-de-paris/