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August 15, 2020

Aid groups help the poor caught in Ukraine conflict

Katerina Izvekova, 77, reacts inside her home damaged during a military conflict between militants of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic and the Ukrainian armed forces in late July.

Ceasefires in Ukraine aren’t quite ceasefires.

Published in Features
July 6, 2020

Pope Francis backs U.N. resolution calling for global cease-fire

Pope Francis greets the crowd as he leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in this file photo. On July 5, 2020, the pope backed a U.N. resolution calling for a global cease-fire.

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis praised the United Nations' adoption of a global cease-fire resolution amid the coronavirus pandemic that has swept the world.

Published in Reflections
January 11, 2017

Syria’s humanitarian crisis continues despite ceasefire efforts

Syrian children transport their salvaged belongings from their damaged house in Doudyan, a village in northern Aleppo, Jan. 2.

OTTAWA – A ceasefire in war-torn Syria has not eased the humanitarian crisis, according to Catholic aid organizations in the region.

Published in International
October 17, 2016

Colombian bishops urge government, rebels to commit to cease-fire

A woman holding a candle and images of disappeared victims takes part in a rally for peace Oct. 7 in Medellin, Colombia. Colombia's Catholic bishops urged the government and armed rebels to commit to an indefinite cease-fire while a new peace deal is negotiated.

BOGOTA, Colombia – Colombia's Catholic bishops urged the government and armed rebels to commit to an indefinite cease-fire while a new peace deal is negotiated after voters rejected an agreement that would have formally ended the Western Hemisphere's longest-running war.

Published in International
July 21, 2016

D&P hopes deal brings real peace to Colombia

Colombian President Juan Manuel, left, shakes hands with FARC delegate Londono Echeverri 'Timochenko' in Havana Juen 23 as Cuban President Raul Castro looks on. The Colombian government and rebel group signed a bilateral ceasefire agreement in Cuba.

As peace slowly comes to Colombia after 58 years of shooting, Canada’s Catholic aid agency is talking with its partners in the South American country about how to adapt to a changing situation.

Published in Canada
August 27, 2014

Catholic aid groups hope latest Israeli-Hamas ceasefire holds

Palestinians celebrate a cease-fire in Gaza City Aug. 26. Catholic aid officials say they hope the Egyptian-brokered Israeli-Hamas cease-fire proposal will hold.

JERUSALEM - Catholic aid organizations are hopeful that the most recent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas will hold as they begin to assess the needs in Gaza after 50 days of war.

Published in International
July 17, 2014

Ceasefire gives Gaza civilians brief chance to assess damage, seek aid

Palestinians look at a destroyed building in Gaza City shortly after an airstrike by Israeli Defense Forces July 17. Caritas Jerusalem officials say Gaza civilians are paying the price for the Israeli-Hamas conflict.

VATICAN CITY - Civilians in Gaza used a brief ceasefire to spill onto the streets and replenish scarce supplies, some Church representatives said.

Published in International