Hours and hours reading the names of more than 12,000 children killed by Israel and Hamas from October 7, 2023, to July 15. 469 pages: 12,211 Palestinians and 16 Israelis.
This is what Cardinal Zuppi, Archbishop of Bologna and President of the Italian Episcopal Conference, did. It was a marathon of prayer turned into a plea for an end to the war.
The day chosen was the eve of August 15, the day the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Assumption.
CARD. MATTEO ZUPPI
Bishop of Bologna (Italy)
It is Jesus who picks up the little Mary and carries her to Heaven. Perhaps he picks up all the little ones, protecting them from the wickedness and violence of men.
The location was also very significant. It was in the ruins of this church, which was burned by the Nazis in 1944, where they murdered some 770 people, 216 of them children.
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