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Pope calls Gaza parish from hospital every night, pastor says

Despite his ongoing hospitalization for treatment of what the Vatican has said is a polymicrobial respiratory infection, Pope Francis has continued calling the Catholic parish in Gaza nightly, its pastor has said.

ROME – Despite his ongoing hospitalization for treatment of what the Vatican has said is a polymicrobial respiratory infection, Pope Francis has continued calling the Catholic parish in Gaza nightly, its pastor has said.

Speaking to Vatican News, the Vatican’s official state-run information platform, Father Gabriel Romanelli, pastor of Holy Family parish in Gaza, said “the Holy Father called us the first two nights he was admitted.”