A nun at the hospital run by the Sisters of the Cross in Deir el Kamar, Lebanon, interacts with a child. Msgr. John Kozar, president of the U.S.-based Catholic Near East Welfare Association, and other officials spoke with Catholic News Service at CNEWA's Beirut office about their Jan. 19-23 visit to Lebanon. (CNS photo / John Kozar, courtesy CNEWA)
"Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion."
- Jack Kornfield, from Buddha’s Little Instruction Book
April 7 is World Health Organization's World Health Day. The theme for 2015 is food safety.
