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Fr. Mario Alexis Portella: The Plight of Christians in the Holy Land Worsens – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Fr. Mario Alexis Portella: The Plight of Christians in the Holy Land Worsens

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By Fr. Mario Alexis Portella, Crisis Magazine, July 23, 2025

Fr. Mario Alexis Portella is a priest of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in of Florence, Italy. He was born in New York and holds a doctorate in canon law and civil law from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. He is the author of Islam: Religion of Peace?—The Violation of Natural Rights and Western Cover-Up (Westbow Press, 2018).

Caught between Israel’s military and Muslim persecution, it’s unclear if and how Christianity can survive the raging conflict in the Middle East.

At least three people were killed and several others were injured after the Holy Family Church in northern Gaza—the only Catholic Church there—was hit by an Israeli strike on Thursday morning. Among the injured was the parish priest, Fr. Gabriel Romanelli.

The church was sheltering civilians, including a number of children with disabilities, according to Fadel Naem, acting director of Al-Ahli Hospital, which received the wounded. Others injured included one child with disabilities, two women, and an elderly person, Naem said. This is not the first time the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) targeted a church. ….