(22 Sep 2025)
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Rome – 22 September 2025
1. Various of priests from “Priests against Genocide” group during their demonstration, some holding placards reading (Italian) ‘For a disarmed and disarming peace’, and other placards reading (English) ‘Christ died in Gaza’
2. Various of priests singing
3. Various of priests demonstrating, praying
4. Various of priests praying in a church
STORYLINE:
A small group of priests gathered in a church in Rome on Monday where they held a prayer for the Palestinian people before marching to the Italian parliament.
Some among the group, known as “Priests Against Genocide”, held signs reading “Christ died in Gaza” and “For a disarmed and disarming Peace.”
A press release from the group said they are a group that represents 1,200 priests from 34 countries.
The demonstration came as tens of thousands of protesters calling for solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza took to the streets in Italy, with some storming Milan’s central train station.
Italy’s grassroots unions, which represent hundreds of thousands of people ranging from schoolteachers to metalworkers, called for a 24-hour general strike in both public and private sectors, including public transportation, trains, schools and ports.
The strike caused disruptions across the country, with long delays for national trains and limited public transport in major cities, including Rome.
In Milan, tension escalated when dozens of protesters dressed in black and armed with batons tried to smash the main entrance of the city’s central train station, throwing smoke bombs, bottles and stones at police, who responded with pepper spray.
In Bologna, police used water cannons to disperse a crowd of demonstrators who blocked a highway.
The transit of goods was slowed or partially blocked by workers’ sit-ins and rallies in Italy’s main ports of Genoa and Livorno.
More than 20,000 people gathered in front of Rome’s central station to protest the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Unions and student organizations denounced “the inertia of the Italian and EU governments.”
The Italian government headed by conservative Premier Giorgia Meloni, a close Israeli ally in the EU, has more recently adopted a harsher tone on Israeli policies as domestic pressure mounted over the war.
Italy, however, is not among the countries, including France, that will formally recognize a Palestinian state at this week’s U.N. General Assembly.
AP video shot by Andrew Medichini
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