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Pope Leo XIV and Latin Patriarch Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa drew attention at the weekend to the plight of civilians in the West Bank, the Palestinian territory west of the Jordan River.
In his Aug. 16 Angelus address, Leo XIV lamented “ongoing violence against the Palestinian civilian population in the West Bank” and called for new efforts to secure “a just and lasting peace” via the proposed two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The pope made the appeal the day after Pizzaballa visited Taybeh, a Christian village located northeast of Ramallah, the de facto administrative capital of the Palestinian National Authority.
The cardinal’s visit was notable because it coincided with the major feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and came amid significant upheaval in the village that is home to roughly 1,200 people.
What makes Taybeh unique? Why are senior Church leaders drawing attention to the situation in the village and the wider West Bank? And what’s likely to happen next?
Where is Taybeh?
One of the keys to understanding the situation in Taybeh and the West
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