War-weary children in in Rafah, Gaza Strip, participate in a psychosocial program in 2015 that was run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. The program is designed to help the children cope better with stress caused by the 2014 war with Israel and the continuing hardship provoked by the Israeli siege of the Palestinian territory. (CNS photo / Paul Jeffrey)
"It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart."
- Anne Frank, from her diary
November 16 is the United Nations International Day of Tolerance, which is a recognition to the committment to "fostering mutual understanding among cultures and peoples" at the core of the U.N. Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
