Overview

• The ‘Preti contro il genocidio’ network says more than 1,200 priests from 34 countries back the appeal, with about 50 clergy representing the group in Rome.
• Today’s program includes communal prayer at Sant’Andrea al Quirinale, a march through central streets to Piazza Sant’Ignazio, and a media meeting at the Church of the Caravita.
• Support comes from several bishops and at least one cardinal, though no bishops were confirmed among the Rome participants.
• Organisers state they condemn Hamas’s 7 October attack while accusing Israeli operations in Gaza of war crimes and genocide.
• Pope Leone XIV and Cardinal Parolin say the Holy See has not adopted the genocide label and will study the issue, as organisers report Google briefly blocked then restored their petition and allied groups hold vigils, including one linked with Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa.