Pope Francis deplores the death of two women in Gaza Catholic parish

Pope Francis deplores the death of two women in Gaza Catholic parish

Pope Francis deplores the death of two women in a Catholic parish in Gaza, where he says "defenceless civilians are being bombed and shot at".

Speaking at the end of his Angelus prayer, the 87-year-old pontiff says "I continue to receive very serious and painful news from Gaza," after the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said on Saturday that a Christian mother and daughter were shot dead by an Israeli soldier on the grounds of the Gaza Strip's only Catholic church.