August 5, 2016

Displaced people who fled Islamic State violence, receive aid on the outskirts of Shirqat, south of Mosul, Iraq. Most Western humanitarian aid is failing to reach the thousands of Christians who have fled their homes as Islamic State fighters have swept through Iraq and Syria, three Middle Eastern bishops said at the 134th Knights of Columbus convention in Toronto. (CNS photo / Reuters)

"Human dignity has become a commodity. Where there is no love, all hell literally breaks loose because without love, no one cares whether we live or die."

- Sr. Ilia Delio, from God in the midst of pain, published on Global Sisters Report

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