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A man sits outside his building which was destroyed during Israeli bombardment in Rafah refugee camp in Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Russell Pollitt, S.J.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the A.N.C. remained steadfast in advocating for peace between Israel and Palestine. He said the A.N.C. stood with Palestine and its citizens, who have been oppressed for more than 70 years.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis today called for the silencing of guns in Gaza and declared Oct. 27 a World Day of Prayer for peace.
FaithShort Take
Laurie Johnston
It is hard to see how, at the present moment, either Gaza or Israel could possibly meet the traditional criteria of just war theory.
Politics & SocietyNews
Justin McLellan – Catholic News Service
The Catholic Church’s highest ranking prelate in the Holy Land offered his “absolute availability” to be exchanged for Israeli children taken hostage by Hamas.
An Afghan girl weeps in front of her home, destroyed by the earthquake in Zenda Jan district in Herat province. Another strong earthquake shook western Afghanistan on Oct. 11 after an earlier one killed more than 2,000 people and flattened whole villages in Herat province in what was one of the most destructive quakes in the country's recent history. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
Sandesh Gonsalves, who leads the Jesuit Refugee Service team in Afghanistan, reports that Afghans are struggling in the wake of a “massive” earthquake that struck on Oct. 7. According to U.N. sources, the humanitarian aid system in Afghanistan is already desperately overstretched and underfunded, with over 29 million Afghans in need of assistance.
Israeli forces conduct a security check on Palestinians outside Jerusalem's Old City, on Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
While outright war conditions pertain in Gaza and along its border in southern Israel, in the north, in Jerusalem and the West Bank, conditions are also fraught. Violence between Palestinians and Israeli settlers has broken out sporadically.