Padre Zelazko reflects on reconciliation three years after October 7 attack

Father Piotr Zelazko shared reflections on the October 7 attacks three years after the events occurred. As the patriarchal vicar for Hebrew-speaking Catholics and head of the St. James Vicariate, Zelazko spoke to Agenzia SIR about the ongoing pain and the possibility of reconciliation.

Zelazko noted that the anniversary remains a difficult time, as he remembers the victims and the funerals he attended. He stated that while time can help healing, the wounds from the tragedy remain open. He suggested that suffering can either harden people or make them more profound.

The priest said that reconciliation does not require forgetting wounds, but rather refusing to let those wounds dictate the future. He questioned whether Israeli society and the communities in the Holy Land can build a society free from hatred.