That's why the July 17 strike of Holy Family by an Israeli tank, killing three and wounding the pastor, Fr. Gabriel Romanelli, has struck a symbolic and humanitarian nerve.

Last year, Pope Francis told CBS' "60 Minutes" that he calls a priest daily at 7 p.m. at the Holy Family Church to hear what was happening to the nearly 600 people sheltering at the facility.

Yesterday, it was announced that the Holy Family Church — a shelter and place of worship for Catholics in Gaza — was struck by Israel amid the continuing Israel-Palestine conflict.

The bells of Holy Family Church still ring each night at 8 p.m., commemorating what parishioners refer to as “the pope’s hour” a defiant, faith-filled tradition in a war-scarred city.

A Mass of Healing for the Holy Father is scheduled for 10 a.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church, 3938 Poplar Level Road, the Archdiocese of Louisville said in a statement.

For its part, the Israeli government expressed its regret over the attack on the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza, attributing it to “a stray projectile” during the fighting in the Strip.

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Holy Family Catholic Church organist Jola Lewtak had become proficient at avoiding the bad keys and the notes that didn’t work. She played it so skillfully that many in the congregation were ...