A papamobile of Pope Francis will be converted into a dispensary for the children of Gaza, in accordance with the will expressed during his lifetime, announced Caritas, the humanitarian branch of the Vatican.
It is a Mitsubishi brand vehicle used for the Pope’s trip to Bethlehem in 2014. “The work is already underway“To transform the small white vehicle, said Caritas in a press release.
The secretary general of Caritas Sweden, Peter Brune, explained that “The initiative goes to Cardinal (Swedish Anders) Arborelius who thought that the car had to serve something“. “He talked about it to the Pope and the Pope accepted“He added.
“The aim is to provide medical care directly to those who are deprived of essential services and to protect their rights and their dignity“, Underlines Caritas, recalling that”Almost a million children are moved while the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is more and more acute“.
“When the humanitarian corridor with Gaza reopens“, the vehicle made available to Caritas Jerusalem will be”loan to provide basic care to children“. This small mobile dispensary will be equipped with suture kits, syringes, oxygen and vaccines stored in a mini-frigo. The vehicle, with a driver, will be managed by a team of doctors.
“This vehicle represents the love and solidarity of His Holiness for the most vulnerable, which he manifested during the whole crisis“Commented the secretary general of Caritas Jerusalem, Anton Safar, quoted by the press release.
The day before his death, in a message on the occasion of Easter read by a collaborator from the Balcony of the Saint-Pierre Basilica in Rome, the Pope had denounced the “dramatic and ignoble humanitarian situation“In Gaza. He had also renewed his call to a ceasefire on this occasion as well as to the release of Israeli hostages.
When he died, the president of the Palestinian authority, Mahmoud Abbas, had greeted “A faithful friend of the Palestinian people and their legitimate rights“, noting that he”had recognized the Palestinian state and authorized the Palestinian flag to be hoisted to the Vatican“.
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