Posted on 08/06/2016 9:27:54 AM PDT by marshmallow
ROME (RNS) Despite intense bombing and severe food shortages, several Carmelite nuns are refusing to abandon the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo and have appealed for urgent aid.
“The bombs are falling all around us, but we are not going to leave the people in their suffering,” said Sister Anne-Francoise, a French nun from a community of Discalced Carmelites in Aleppo. “The people here are suffering and dying.”
The nun’s comments came in a statement released on Thursday (Aug. 4) by the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need. ACN has been trying to draw attention to the plight of the northern Syrian city, where suffering from the 5-year-old civil war has reached a critical point.
In recent weeks Aleppo has seen fierce clashes between Syrian government troops, backed by Russian air power, and opposing rebels as the two sides battle for control of the city.
According to reports, Syrian government troops completely encircled rebel-held neighborhoods last week, cutting off all supply lines.
The nuns’ convent is on the outskirts of Aleppo, in an area that has often been a focal point of the fighting.
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Rebels? They must be the good guys.
Prayers for the nuns.
Back in 82 I visited some Carmelite nuns who lived on the Mt. Of Olives. Really sweet ladies. What courage!
You won’t get any help from Obama. You are Christian, and worse, Catholic.
0bama can help the nuns.
He can bring all the moehammedan fighters over to the USA as refugees.
Problem solved.
If only that darn republican congress would free up some humanitarian funding.
Sorry nuns, you’re the wrong religion. - Obama
Nuns don`t Run.
Call the Poop, or is he too busy destroying the Catholic Church.
Yes, prayers for them.
Obama, being a Muslim himself, will never allow a single Christian refugee in America.
Mr. Obama, you will never see the face of the Lord your God except in abject terror. I would not want to be you and stand before the Lord.
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