Priests, Nuns March to Vatican to Demand End to ‘Genocide’ in Gaza
- On Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, about 150 Catholic clergy including nuns and a bishop marched to St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, calling for an end to what they termed "genocide" in Gaza.
- Members of the "Priests Against Genocide" network, which includes more than 2,500 clergy from five continents, organized the march carrying a shroud with the names of 300 Palestinian and Lebanese children.
- After praying at the Basilica, demonstrators moved to the Palestinian and Lebanese embassies, then gathered at the Rome headquarters of Italian defense manufacturer Leonardo SpA to continue their protest.
- Gaza health officials report more than 73,000 Palestinians have died in the conflict, which Israel launched after Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks that killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians.
- Israel strongly denies genocide accusations, asserting it attempts to avoid civilian harm and blames Hamas for operating in densely populated areas, though some experts have investigated whether a genocide occurred.
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Priests marched in Rome to denounce a "genocide" against the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip. With olive branches and a list of the names of the murdered victims, they demanded justice. The network of priests, already backed by three cardinals and 29 bishops, maintains that there can be no neutrality in the face of the massacre that is being lived in the enclave. The report is from our correspondent Irene Savio and Esma Cakir.
The movement, supported by 2,600 prelates from 67 countries, demonstrated Tuesday at the Vatican wearing a shroud with the names of 330 children killed in Israeli attacks
The network was born last year in front of images from Gaza, today there are more than 2,000 priests in different countries: "Demounting the narrative of war...
Priests and nuns march to Vatican to demand end to ‘genocide’ in Gaza
ROME — Some 150 Catholic priests and friars, a bishop and nuns from around the world marched to the Vatican and prayed Tuesday in front of St. Peter’s Basilica to call for an end to what they called the “genocide” in Gaza. The protesters carried a banner down the main boulevard leading to the Vatican bearing the names of 300 children who died during Israel’s war in Gaza and southern Lebanon. The marchers didn’t enter Vatican territory and had an…
A long shroud with 330 names, referred to by the network as those of Palestinian and Lebanese children killed after the respective ceasefire, crossed Rome in the march of about one hundred priests from eight countries. The procession of the network "Priests against the Genocide," started on September 22 from Santo Spirito in Sassia, passed through the Conciliation and reached the seat of Leonardo in Piazza Monte Grappa, with olive branches, kefi…
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