Catholic aid organizations scramble to meet Iraqi needs

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July 3, 2014
By CNA Daily News

Vatican City, Jul 3, 2014 / 04:56 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In a tumultuous Iraq facing an increasingly uncertain future, Catholic charity organizations are rallying to meet the immediate needs of those afflicted by ongoing violence.

“Movement is pretty limited, so all numbers and information we get is anecdotal,” Kris Ozar, correspondent for Caritas Egypt, an international relief agency of the Church, told CNA June 30.

“The one thing that’s certain and that I’m hearing around here is that nobody knows, nobody knows,” he said, “Nobody knows where people are going, nobody knows how long people are staying, people are renting houses but for a temporary time because they’re expensive.”

“It’s a lot of uncertainty, absolutely a lot of uncertainty.”

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