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Auckland Anglican and Catholic bishops support call for Israel’s return to pre-1967 borders

NZ Catholic Staff — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 22:31:34 +0000

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AUCKLAND – The Auckland Anglican and Catholic Bishops called on the New Zealand government called on Israel to return to “its pre-1967 borders as a pre-requisite for dialogue to establish a lasting and just settlement in the Holy Land.”echo $variable;

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Caritas helps victims in Gaza

NZ Catholic Staff — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 00:06:51 +0000

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WELLINGTON — Caritas Jerusalem is providing medical assistance, food and other necessities to the thousands of vulnerable people affected by the escalating conflict in Gaza, and Caritas
Aotearoa New Zealand is contributing an initial $20,000 to support the humanitarian
response.
More than 775 people have already been killed, including 160 children killed during Israeli attacks in Gaza, and more than 100,000 Palestinians are displaced.
The United Nations estimates that 70 per cent of Palestinians killed have been innocent civilians and the number of civilians on both sides who have been killed and injured is growing every day.
During the special prayers for peace in Israel and Palestine, convened in the Vatican on June 8, Pope Francis said: “Peacemaking calls for courage, much more so than warfare. It calls for the courage to say yes to encounter and no to conflict; yes to dialogue and no to violence; yes to negotiations and no to hostilities; yes to respect for agreements and no to acts of provocation; yes to sincerity and no to duplicity. All of this takes courage, it takes strength and tenacity.”
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand joins the worldwide Caritas family in urging both parties to have the courage to break out of the cycle of violence, and calls for peace to ensure a better future for children.
The pledge of $20,000 from Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is possible because of the public’s generosity through the Caritas Gifts, Gifts of Peace programme (www.caritasgifts.org.nz), and much-needed donations are now being accepted to implement the humanitarian response as soon as possible.

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Bishops from Europe, North America call for end to violence in Gaza

Michael Otto — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0000

JERUSALEM (CNS) Bishops from Europe and North America have urged leaders of the international community to help break the cycle of violence in the Holy Land. They asked the global community not only to resolve the current fighting and provide humanitarian assistance, but to work with Israelis and Palestinians to reach a viable solution to

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Gaza Strip resembles a concentration camp, says top Vatican official

Vatican City (CNS) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0000

VATICAN CITY (CNS) The Gaza Strip increasingly is looking like "a big concentration camp" while egoism, hatred, poverty and injustice are fueling the continual slaughter in the Holy Land, said a top Vatican official. echo $variable;

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Gaza priest’s message at Mass for peace: “We cry and nobody hears us”

Michael Otto — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0000

JERUSALEM (CNS) The pastor of the Catholic parish in Gaza City described Gaza as "drowning in blood" as hospitals overflowed with patients. In a message to participants in a special Mass for peace at St. Stephen Church in Jerusalem Jan. 4, Msgr. Manuel Musallam, pastor of Holy Family Parish in Gaza City, wrote: "What you

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