Pope appeals to world leaders
Stopping the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and other wars has to be a priority with world leaders said Pope Leo X1V on Sunday July 27.
Stopping the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and other wars has to be a priority with world leaders said Pope Leo X1V on Sunday July 27.
An attack on the Holy Family Church in Gaza, which claimed three lives and injured nine people, has prompted Caritas Australia to reiterate its call for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
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Caritas Australia has issued urgent pleas for assistance for the escalating civil war and hunger crisis in Sudan and the massive rebuilding effort in Gaza.
When I look back on the hundreds of stories we have published this year, three stand out for me not only in terms of newsworthiness but because they represent who we are as a people of faith and hope with an inherent belief in the dignity of every human being.
Jodie Clark has quite possibly the toughest job in the world. As head of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza, she is responsible for getting desperately needed food, medicine, fuel and other supplies to more than 2 million Palestinians.
Nine months ago I wrote about the Hamas attacks on a kibbutz in southern Israel where I lived and worked as a volunteer in the early 1980s.
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