Pope Francis criticised on Monday what he called the “shameful inability” of the international community to end the war in the Middle East, one year after Hamas’ devastating attack on Israel. “A year ago, the fuse of hatred was lit; it did not sputter, but exploded in a spiral of violence,” he said in an Read more
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Pope Francis slams world’s ‘shameful inability’ to stop Israel-Hamas war
Thursday, October 10th, 2024We cannot forget Syria
Friday, November 1st, 2013
Surgery without anaesthesia is a miserable and brutal reality in Syria. Doctors report that demolished hospitals and humanitarian blockades have left some Syrians to suffer, awake, through amputations and Caesarean sections. I saw similar horrors while working in a northern Syrian field hospital under airstrikes in August. I operated on children who had the bone Read more
Vatican: Respect Syrian citizens’ desire for reform
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
The Vatican, the United States, the United Nations are all in agreement in condemning Syria’s outrageous use of force against its own people and have called for reform. In receiving the Syrian ambassador’s credentials, Pope Benedict took the opportunity of saying the Holy See urges the troubled Syrian government to respect Syrian citizens’ desire for reform, Read more