In the face of the unrelenting conflict in the Gaza strip, which has provoked a major humanitarian crisis, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI has affirmed several times His closeness to our brothers and sisters, who have already suffered so much.
In His name, the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, the Dicastery of the Holy See entrusted with implementing the charitable initiatives of the Holy Father, has sent a personal concrete sign to aid the relief efforts of the small but fervent Catholic presence in Gaza. It is directed to Father Manuel Musallam, Pastor of Holy Family Church, the Missionaries of Charity, and other religious Congregations, who serve those especially vulnerable in the homeland of Jesus, now being tragically scourged by death, human pain, material damage, and tears that cry out for peace.
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Bollettino della Sala Stampa della Santa Sede 31/2009, 17.01.2009
