Pope sends antibiotics to Gaza for children in need
- Pope Leo XIV has sent 5,000 doses of antibiotics to Gaza, primarily for children, following the reopening of key border crossings for aid delivery.
- Caritas Jerusalem has mobilized to provide urgent necessities, including 10,000 bottles of infant formula to families with newborns.
- Cardinal Konrad Krajewski stated that action is necessary to pay attention to those in need, emphasizing the Church’s mission to support the vulnerable.
- On October 12, over 170 trucks loaded with humanitarian aid crossed into Gaza, as reported by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees.
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Pope Leo XIV sends antibiotics to children in Gaza
Pope Leo XIV greets a baby at his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Oct 14, 2025 / 08:41 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has sent 5,000 doses of antibiotics to the Gaza Strip in a humanitarian gesture aimed primarily at children and made possible by the recent reopening of key border crossings allowing the entry of aid. According to Vatican News, the shipment of the m…


Pope sends antibiotics to Gaza for children in need
As humanitarian aid is finally granted access to the Gaza Strip, Pope Leo XIV instructs the Office of Papal Charities to send medicines for the youngest victims of the two-year conflict. Meanwhile, food aid distributions continue in Ukraine. Read all
Pope Leo XIV, the spiritual leader of Catholics and head of state of the Vatican, has decided to send 5,000 doses of antibiotics to children in the Gaza Strip.
After the beginning of the first phase of the peace agreement and the consequent opening of corridors for assistance, the Gaza Strip received a vital shipment of medicines sent directly by the Vatican; Pope Leo XIV ordered the delivery of five thousand doses of antibiotics to mitigate the health crisis affecting the Gazati population. The news was confirmed by Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, who st…
Pope Leo XIV sent 5,000 doses of antibiotics to Gaza after the signing of the first phase of the peace agreement and the opening of border crossings by which humanitarian aid can be delivered to the population of the Strip, the prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, Konrad Krajewski, reported on Tuesday. “We follow the words of the Apostolic Exhortation ‘Dilexi te’, dedicated to the poor, because it is necessary to act, to pay atte…
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