{"id":60888,"date":"2018-09-13T14:03:55","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T12:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=60888"},"modified":"2018-09-17T13:14:55","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T11:14:55","slug":"%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%aa%d9%8a%d9%83%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%aa%d8%b7%d9%84%d9%82-%d9%85%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%af%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%87-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b2%d9%85%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%aa%d9%8a%d9%83%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%aa%d8%b7%d9%84%d9%82-%d9%85%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%af%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%87-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b2%d9%85%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7\/","title":{"rendered":"Vatican urges continued aid to people in Syria, Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pope Francis meets with Catholic Charitable Organizations who are holding the sixth meeting for coordinating the Church\u2019s response to the crisis in Iraq, Syria and neighbouring countries. He appeals to the international community for peace and for victims.<\/span><\/h2>\n
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The Pope\u2019s address to the Catholic Charitable Organizations on Friday offered encouragement and appreciation for the work that they do in\u00a0Syria, Iraq and neighbouring countries,<\/span>\u00a0but it was also a speech in which the Pontiff made a forceful appeal to the\u00a0international community<\/span>asking them \u201cnot to neglect the many needs of the victims of this crisis, and above all to set aside special interests in order to be at the service of peace, and to bring an end to war.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n

We cannot close our eyes, he said, to the reasons that have forced millions of people to leave, painfully, their home countries.\u00a0 At the same time, I encourage all parties involved, and the international community, to\u00a0renew their commitment to ensuring the safe return of displaced persons to their homes.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

The Pope added, \u201censuring their protection and their future is a demand imposed by civilized behaviour.\u00a0 It will be through drying the tears of children who have seen nothing but ruins, death and destruction that the world will recover its dignity.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n

Speaking to the representatives gathered in the Vatican\u2019s Consistory Hall, Pope Francis told them that the work they were doing with regard to studying the humanitarian aid provided by ecclesial groups, was important to \u201ccontributing to a better understanding of the needs of these populations and to coordinate aid to them.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Pope said that for \u201ctoo many years the conflicts of bloodshed in that region, and the situation of peoples in Syria, Iraq and neighbouring countries, have continued to cause great concern.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n

During the audience Pope Francis reiterated the fact that there was a real risk that \u201cthe Christian presence may disappear in the very land from which the light of the Gospel first emanated.\u201d\u00a0 He went on to say that, \u201cin cooperation with the Sister Churches, the Holy See is working to diligently ensure a future for these Christian communitie<\/span><\/h2>\n

He also said, the whole Church stood with these brothers and sisters in faith giving them the courage \u201cnot to give in to the darkness of violence and to keep alive the light of hope.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

Noting the many initiatives the\u00a0Catholic Charitable Organizations<\/span>\u00a0promote, the Pope praised in particular \u201cthe great project of supporting the return of Christian communities to the Nineveh Plain in Iraq, in a special way through the Open Hospitals project.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n

Pope Francis especially encouraged those present \u201cto continue to provide for the education of children, employment for young people, closeness to the elderly and those who are psychologically wounded; without forgetting the wounds of the heart, which the Church is called to heal\u201d.<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

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