hroughout the war, friars from Ukraine have been sending letters to their Dominican communities across the globe, and to journalists, describing efforts by fellow clergy to sustain church life amid scenes of devastation and despair from Lviv in the west to Izyum and Kherson in eastern Ukraine.
The Vatican Dicastery for the Service of Charity, led by Polish Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, spent $2.2 million in 2022 for humanitarian help in Ukraine.
Pope Francis assured Ukrainians that he prays for them constantly, calls attention to their plight publicly and continues to support humanitarian aid for them so they would know they are not alone and so that people around the world would continue to provide aid.
After 10 days of talks in South Africa, the two sides signed the pact Nov. 2, after nearly two years of conflict.
More than 1.3 million people remain displaced across the Myanmar and over 14 million people — roughly one-quarter of the country’s population — need humanitarian assistance.
The war in Tigray started when Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali announced military action against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.
Relief agencies estimate that more than 5 million people are in urgent need of food and medical supplies.
Multiple police forces, including a U.N. peacekeeping mission, are protecting the camps, but at any hint that the M23 militia groups are advancing, the displaced people are being forced to move to new locations.
