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From: "John Ashworth" <ashwor...@gmail.com>
Date: 20 Dec 2016 08:02
Subject: [sudans-john-ashworth] Bishop: "Put aside ideology and focus on desperate residents"
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Not a South Sudanese bishop, and not about South Sudan. But this
desperate plea could equally apply to South Sudan.
John
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PUT ASIDE IDEOLOGY AND FOCUS ON DESPERATE RESIDENTS, SAYS BISHOP OF ALEPPO
19 December 2016 | by Rose Gamble | The Tablet
The Bishop of Aleppo has called on rebel and pro-government forces to
put aside their weapons and ideology and focus on the desperate
residents of the shattered rebel enclave of Aleppo.
"Let's look at the bruised faces,” said the bishop in a statement
released by Caritas International on 16 December. “Let's begin with
the exhausted faces of the women and children. Let's look at the faces
of men who have lost their dreams and illusions. Let's look at the
truth and let God grant us objectivity."
Bishop Antoine Audo, head of the Syrian branch of Caritas, the
Church's aid agency, urged the world to "listen to the call of the
poorest, which is the cry of God crucified and [the] unborn child of
the manger.”
"We need reconciliation through honest dialogue," he said, adding that
the developed world must "stop exploiting the fragilities and
ignorance of the Third World for economic and political interests."
Speaking the day after he returned from Damascus, Syrian-born Melkite
Catholic Patriarch Gregoire III Laham called for unity between world
powers, rather than accusations.
“Between the superpowers bickering, a whole country got destroyed,” he
told Catholic News Service on 16 December.
“Hospitals, schools, churches, mosques and so many people were killed
or were displaced. Accusing each other is not going to help the
situation. This is the time to work with each other so we can end the
war and rebuild Syria,” he added.
Around 40,000 civilians are in need of urgent evacuation from the
devastated city where they are trapped with little food in the depths
of winter, report humanitarian organisations.
With Russia’s backing, the United Nations Security Council voted today
(19 December) to monitor evacuations from Aleppo, after previous
rescue attempts collapsed as interested parties sought to use the
situation for their own gain.
Iran and the Syrian regime have been determined to use the fate of
east Aleppo to settle accounts with opposition elsewhere in the
country, while Jihadis who influence parts of the rebel movement have
stalled the process to win concessions as their control of northern
Syria has slipped, report the Guardian.
On 18 December, a deal to free some of east Aleppo’s remaining
civilians in exchange for sick and wounded people from two
pro-government villages collapsed after six rescue buses sent to
evacuate the loyalist areas were stopped and set ablaze by Islamist
forces.
Following the United Nations vote President Francois Hollande of
France said in a statement: “After so many delaying tactics and
obstruction, this resolution should finally allow the full respect of
international humanitarian law in Syria.”
During the course of 19 December, a total of 20,000 people have been
removed from the last rebel-held part of Aleppo, the Turkish foreign
minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, said in a post on Twitter earlier today.
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/6531/0/put-aside-ideology-and-focus-on-desperate-residents-says-bishop-of-aleppo
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From: "John Ashworth" <ashwor...@gmail.com>
Date: 20 Dec 2016 08:02
Subject: [sudans-john-ashworth] Bishop: "Put aside ideology and focus on desperate residents"
To: "Group" <sudans-joh...@googlegroups.com>
Cc:
Not a South Sudanese bishop, and not about South Sudan. But this
desperate plea could equally apply to South Sudan.
John
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PUT ASIDE IDEOLOGY AND FOCUS ON DESPERATE RESIDENTS, SAYS BISHOP OF ALEPPO
19 December 2016 | by Rose Gamble | The Tablet
The Bishop of Aleppo has called on rebel and pro-government forces to
put aside their weapons and ideology and focus on the desperate
residents of the shattered rebel enclave of Aleppo.
"Let's look at the bruised faces,” said the bishop in a statement
released by Caritas International on 16 December. “Let's begin with
the exhausted faces of the women and children. Let's look at the faces
of men who have lost their dreams and illusions. Let's look at the
truth and let God grant us objectivity."
Bishop Antoine Audo, head of the Syrian branch of Caritas, the
Church's aid agency, urged the world to "listen to the call of the
poorest, which is the cry of God crucified and [the] unborn child of
the manger.”
"We need reconciliation through honest dialogue," he said, adding that
the developed world must "stop exploiting the fragilities and
ignorance of the Third World for economic and political interests."
Speaking the day after he returned from Damascus, Syrian-born Melkite
Catholic Patriarch Gregoire III Laham called for unity between world
powers, rather than accusations.
“Between the superpowers bickering, a whole country got destroyed,” he
told Catholic News Service on 16 December.
“Hospitals, schools, churches, mosques and so many people were killed
or were displaced. Accusing each other is not going to help the
situation. This is the time to work with each other so we can end the
war and rebuild Syria,” he added.
Around 40,000 civilians are in need of urgent evacuation from the
devastated city where they are trapped with little food in the depths
of winter, report humanitarian organisations.
With Russia’s backing, the United Nations Security Council voted today
(19 December) to monitor evacuations from Aleppo, after previous
rescue attempts collapsed as interested parties sought to use the
situation for their own gain.
Iran and the Syrian regime have been determined to use the fate of
east Aleppo to settle accounts with opposition elsewhere in the
country, while Jihadis who influence parts of the rebel movement have
stalled the process to win concessions as their control of northern
Syria has slipped, report the Guardian.
On 18 December, a deal to free some of east Aleppo’s remaining
civilians in exchange for sick and wounded people from two
pro-government villages collapsed after six rescue buses sent to
evacuate the loyalist areas were stopped and set ablaze by Islamist
forces.
Following the United Nations vote President Francois Hollande of
France said in a statement: “After so many delaying tactics and
obstruction, this resolution should finally allow the full respect of
international humanitarian law in Syria.”
During the course of 19 December, a total of 20,000 people have been
removed from the last rebel-held part of Aleppo, the Turkish foreign
minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, said in a post on Twitter earlier today.
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/6531/0/put-aside-ideology-and-focus-on-desperate-residents-says-bishop-of-aleppo
END
______________________
John Ashworth
ashwor...@gmail.com
+254 725 926 297 (Kenya mobile)
+211 919 695 362 (South Sudan mobile)
+44 787 976 8030 (UK mobile)
+88 216 4334 0735 (Thuraya satphone)
Skype: jashworth1
PO Box 52002 - 00200, Nairobi, Kenya
This is a personal e-mail address and the contents do not necessarily
reflect the views of any organisation
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