{"id":14014,"date":"2023-10-13T15:55:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T19:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/?post_type=campaigns&#038;p=14014"},"modified":"2025-06-19T15:47:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T19:47:04","slug":"holy-land","status":"publish","type":"campaigns","link":"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/what-we-do\/holy-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Support Emergency Relief in the Holy Land"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nowhere-is-safe-in-gaza-nowhere-up-to-nbsp-60-000-people-nbsp-many-of-them-children-women-and-the-elderly-are-dead\">Nowhere is safe in Gaza. Nowhere. Up to&nbsp;60,000 people&nbsp;\u2014 many of them children, women and the elderly \u2014 are dead.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are no havens from the missiles, not even for families seeking refuge in the only churches there. Hundreds remain huddled in the compound of&nbsp;Holy Family Church, the only Catholic parish in Gaza. And the ancient Orthodox parish of St. Porphyrios continues to shelter some 150 families, even after being bombed during the early days of the Israel-Hamas conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>90 percent<\/strong>&nbsp;of Gaza\u2019s population of 2.1 million are homeless, displaced, and living in treacherous conditions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malnourishment and starvation are rampant. So is disease. The lack of food and drinking water&nbsp;<strong>impacts everyone<\/strong>. Most people, including children, are clinging to life, surviving on less than a meal a day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n  <div class=\"donate-button\" id=\"minor-fund-campaign\">\n    <button class=\"donate-modal-toggle\" data-minor-fund='Palestine' data-minor-fund-code='PR'>Donate<\/button>\n  <\/div>\n  \n\n\n<p>Gaza is in shambles. And the lives of its people, most of whom are impoverished, have been devastated, indelibly. The Christian community in Gaza is tiny, and it has not been spared the horrors of vengeance and violence. Yet the Gospel compels believers to respond, and Gaza\u2019s Christians are doing just that.\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You can join CNEWA-Pontifical Mission\u2019s efforts to support the church in Gaza respond to the needs of the community.<\/strong>&nbsp;Working with the Near East Council of Churches, CNEWA-Pontifical Mission distributes available fresh vegetables at the two parish compounds as well as to people living on their own. CNEWA-Pontifical Mission has long supported&nbsp;Al-Ahli Arab Hospital&nbsp;and, since January, has partnered with the hospital to provide urgent medical services. Your gift will help us procure more food packages and drinking water for families and provide health care for the sick, malnourished and wounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/3AJADFM-11-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A displaced boy fetches water in a camp in northern Gaza amid the rubble.\" class=\"wp-image-16281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/3AJADFM-11-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/3AJADFM-11-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/3AJADFM-11-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/3AJADFM-11-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/3AJADFM-11-1600x1067.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/3AJADFM-11.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A displaced boy fetches water in a camp in northern Gaza, 10 April 2025. (photo: Mahmoud Zaki\/Xinhua\/Alamy Stock Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFrom the Gaza Strip there rises to heaven ever more intensely the cry of mothers and fathers who, clutching the lifeless bodies of their children, are continually forced to move in search of some food and safer shelter from the shelling,\u201d Pope Leo XIV has said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cTo the leaders, I renew my appeal: Cease fire; free all the hostages; fully respect humanitarian law.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As members of the universal church, devoted bridge-builders and advocates for peace, we stand united in our support for the dignity of all human life. Please stand with us now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Send your emergency gift now<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16283,"template":"","work-category":[2812],"class_list":["post-14014","campaigns","type-campaigns","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","work-category-we-rush-emergency-relief"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Support Emergency Relief in the Holy Land | CNEWA Canada<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/what-we-do\/holy-land\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Support Emergency Relief in the Holy Land\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nowhere is safe in Gaza. 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