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Luke Stocking retweeted
Sadly, this act adds to the continuous military attacks against the civilian population and places of worship in Gaza. I again call for an immediate halt to the barbarism of the war and for a peaceful resolution of the conflict. I renew my appeal to the international community to observe humanitarian law and to respect the obligation to protect civilians, as well as the prohibition of collective punishment, the indiscriminate use of force and the forced displacement of the population.
Luke Stocking retweeted
Caritas Internationalis joins 160+ organisations calling to end the militarised aid system in #Gaza. Over 500 killed and nearly 4,000 injured in less than four weeks while trying to reach food. Read full statement bit.ly/4nqskdX #CeasefireNow
Luke Stocking retweeted
🌍 Caring for creation is a responsibility that unites us, a call to live in harmony with God, with others and with the Earth.
Read #PopeLeoXIV's message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of #Creation 2025: humandevelopment.va/en/news/… #LaudatoSi #CareOfCreation
Luke Stocking retweeted
We are witnessing with despair the iniquitous use of hunger as a weapon of war. Burning crops, stealing livestock, and blocking aid are tactics increasingly used by armed militias. As civilians languish in misery, political elites grow fat with impunity. It is time to sanction these abuses and hold accountable those who are responsible for it.
Luke Stocking retweeted
To every human being, every person with a conscience, to all lovers of peace,
After more than a year and a half of death and destruction, the moment we now find ourselves in is terrifying. We are, in essence, sending an SOS: we need your help in #Gaza.
devp.org/en/sos-for-gaza/
Luke Stocking retweeted
"Debt relief is the restoration of hope." – Caritas Zambia
✊ We demand:
✅ Grants, not loans
❌ No debt-for-climate swaps
🔁 End conditionality
Join the call for climate & debt justice this #Jubilee2025 📢
🔗 Read: cidse.org/2025/06/03/climate…
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#QuestionOnPalestine
@AnitaAnandMP, we hailed your assertion that “we cannot allow the continued use of food as a political tool.” But does it include an exemption for #Israel to use food aid as a killing tool in #Gaza?
t.ly/QDNb8
Luke Stocking retweeted
If you want #Peace, prepare institutions of peace. This doesn’t refer only to political institutions, whether national or international, but to the entire forum of institutions – educational, economic, and social – that are involved.
Luke Stocking retweeted
From #Gaza, the cries of parents rise to heaven ever more intensely as they clutch the lifeless bodies of their children, searching for food and shelter from bombs. I renew my appeal to leaders: cease fire, release all hostages, and fully respect international humanitarian law!
Luke Stocking retweeted
#QuestionOnPalestine
Hey @CanadianPM @MarkJCarney,
A week since your ultimatum to “cease the renewed military offensive,” #Israel has killed 464 additional people in #Gaza*. So, how many more must die before you take those “further concrete actions?”
*t.ly/dVRw9
Luke Stocking retweeted
Pope Leo XIV appeals for peace in Gaza and Ukraine, and between India and Pakistan.
"I carry in my heart the sufferings of the beloved Ukrainian people. Let everything possible be done to achieve an authentic, just and lasting peace as soon as possible. May all the prisoners be freed and may the children return to their families.
I am deeply saddened by what is happening in the Gaza Strip. Cease fire immediately! Let humanitarian aid be provided to the exhausted civilian population and let all hostages be freed.
On the other hand, I am pleased by the announcement of the ceasefire between India and Pakistan, and I hope that through the forthcoming negotiations a lasting agreement will soon be reached."
Luke Stocking retweeted
Pope Leo XIV explains his choice of name:
"... I chose to take the name Leo XIV. There are different reasons for this, but mainly because Pope Leo XIII in his historic Encyclical Rerum Novarum addressed the social question in the context of the first great industrial revolution. In our own day, the Church offers to everyone the treasury of her social teaching in response to another industrial revolution and to developments in the field of artificial intelligence that pose new challenges for the defence of human dignity, justice and labour."
Luke Stocking retweeted
The late Pope Francis requested that his popemobile be turned into a health clinic for the children of Gaza, as his legacy of peace continues to shine in our conflict-ridden world.
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Luke Stocking retweeted
Breaking: Pope sends letter to US bishops decrying mass deportation and rejecting "any measure that tacitly or explicitly identifies the illegal status of some migrants with criminality." The true ordo amoris, he says, is the ethos of the Good Samaritan.
vatican.va/content/francesco…
Luke Stocking retweeted
“Stopping USAID abruptly will kill millions of people and condemn hundreds of millions more to lives of dehumanising poverty. This is an inhumane affront to people’s God-given human dignity, that will cause immense suffering.”
caritas.org/2025/02/closure-…
Luke Stocking retweeted
📢 URGENT: Caritas Condemns USAID Shutdown
@iamCARITAS strongly condemns the reckless decision to abruptly halt USAID-funded programs worldwide. This inhumane move threatens millions of lives, destabilizes entire regions, and undermines decades of humanitarian progress.
Luke Stocking retweeted
Last month, our team visited Bethlehem, witnessing its struggles—land occupation, economic decline, and more—but also the courage and hope of a people who resist peacefully and work miracles daily. Join our webinar on february 1st to learn more!
Register: shorturl.at/nmxSu
Luke Stocking retweeted
Gaza is the world's biggest crime scene: justice is needed as well as aid. Read my opinion piece in the @Independent_ie here:
independent.ie/opinion/comme…
Luke Stocking retweeted
🕊️ Gaza ceasefire: a welcome, long-overdue reprieve
At Development and Peace – Caritas Canada, we stand in solidarity with all working for dignity and human rights.
🔗 devp.org/en/gaza-ceasefire-w…
#Peace #Solidarity
Luke Stocking retweeted
An 8th baby has died from the cold in Gaza, while Israeli forces fire at UN convoys and bomb a food distribution.
This is horrendous and the impunity is shocking. Creating conditions in which people cannot survive is an act of #genocide.
#PasstheOTBill
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