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Catholic Relief Services CEO recounts devastation in Gaza: ‘It just broke your heart’
WBAL radio news page ^ | January 30, 2024 | Kim Dacey,

Posted on 01/30/2024 11:41:18 PM PST by EinNYC

The leader of a Baltimore nonprofit got an up-close and personal look at the destruction caused by the war in Gaza.

Sean Callahan, CEO of Catholic Relief Services, said the devastation and desperation there is clear.

“In the morning, afternoon and night, you have jets buzzing overhead. You hear bombing in the distance. You have drones and helicopters over you. You have these poor people that have moved around and it’s very difficult,” he said.

Callahan toured the area and visited the group’s office there to get a better idea of what assistance they need, as many civilians have been forced out of their homes by warfare.

“Our teams put some solar panels on the roof, had their computers there, lined up people and we were doing a distribution to make sure the right people were getting assistance,” he said.

Food, shelter and hygiene kits are the physical items Gazans need most. The 45 CRS employees are also working to lift spirits among residents. One employee’s 6-year-old son is struggling to grasp the situation.

“He turned to his dad and said, ‘Dad, we’re only children. Why are they trying to kill us?’ and it just broke your heart seeing this young kid trying to understand that. Then, I spent the evening with them and I was talking to him and his wife, and she was saying how her sister and all of her children were killed in one of the bombings,” Callahan said.

Despite the circumstances, Callahan said they are resilient, but eager for the conflict to end.

“I don’t know what the endgame is. I’m hoping the endgame comes pretty soon and it’s a stopping of violence and we can get back to assisting people and respecting the human dignity on all sides,” he said.


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KEYWORDS: bleedingheart; catholicrelief; lookwhohatesjews; openborders; seancallahan; unitednations; unrwa; untiednations; unwra
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The stupidity and naivete of this Callahan is absolutely nauseating. He mentions NOT A WORD about who started this by murdering 1200 Israelis in cold blood and subjecting them to demonic treatment: rape, shooting nail guns into womens' thighs and genitals, burning infants in ovens, beheading infants, cutting babies out of pregnant womens' wombs, burning babies and parents tied together, beheading people with shovels, and other depraved acts one can barely conceive of. He only feels for people who were certainly in on this as collaborators. They elected Hamas terrorists as their government. They actively cooperated in these murders and returned escaped hostages back to their captors. They used hospitals and schools to store weapons. NO INNOCENTS THERE. NONE. His organization is supplying these assistant murderers with food, water, and other assistants.

I'm not forgetting that it is Catholic Charities (among others) who are giving vital aid to the illegal criminal invaders coming into our country, giving them money, maps, phones, clothing, and transportation.

What on earth is wrong with these people?

1 posted on 01/30/2024 11:41:18 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: EinNYC

How do you feel about October 7th there, Chief?


2 posted on 01/30/2024 11:55:57 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: EinNYC

I’m sure Sean RomanCatholic Callahan had similar or worse heart felt “broken heart” reactions upon seeing the Oct 7 massacre with torture, burnings and beheadings right?
I must have missed that.


3 posted on 01/31/2024 12:03:22 AM PST by A strike (Words can have gender, humans cannot.)
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To: EinNYC

NGO’s, ESPECIALLY this one (spit) are actively engaged in child trafficking. The US FED GOV SCUM TRAITORS are paying them $270 a day, per unaccompanied minor (illegal alien invader) and have 150 camps in Texas, and another 100 outside of Texas. The current count is over 11,000 children in NGO custody.

The cartels are charging $10,000 a head for each human smuggled into our country from central and south America.

For other continents, the price soars to $20,000 a head.

The UN is behind the invasion of America. The wrong buildings on the planet were hit on 9-11.

Ho Xiden owns all of the misery and spilled blood that is coming to America.


4 posted on 01/31/2024 12:16:55 AM PST by freepersup (“Those who conceal crimes are preparing to commit new ones.” ~Vuk Draskovic~)
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To: EinNYC

They sure don’t like the “find out” phase, do they?


5 posted on 01/31/2024 12:17:37 AM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI)
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To: EinNYC

Shouldn’t start wars you can’t afford to lose.


6 posted on 01/31/2024 1:34:34 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Objective: Permanently break the will of the population to ever wage war again.)
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To: EinNYC

“pope” frankie is a gay commie.


7 posted on 01/31/2024 1:36:12 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Objective: Permanently break the will of the population to ever wage war again.)
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To: EinNYC

What happened on Oct 7 broke my heart.

If muslims don’t want pushback, they need to stop doing the things that cause people to push back.

Don’t start it if you can’t finish it, consequences and all.


8 posted on 01/31/2024 1:41:29 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Likely he was NEVER there then on that day and saw the horrific aftermath of what his wonderful little Gazans did. He gets no sympathy or support from me. He should just go home and shut up. Let the GAZA that KNEW what Hamas was up to and helped and supported them, tacitly kept quiet of reveled in its aftermath. They are ALl guilt, and this rubble is their reward.


9 posted on 01/31/2024 1:58:46 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: EinNYC
The level. of damage in Gaza has duplicated many times over in cites all across Ukraine with 200. times the death toll.

And yet the Ukrainian conflict must be both down played and prolonged and intensified at all costs while the much smaller and far more localized Gaza conflict must be stopped at all costs

It seems some wars are more equal than others.

10 posted on 01/31/2024 2:04:42 AM PST by rdcbn1
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To: EinNYC

The catholic church is my enemy. I don’t know any other way of looking at all this. I’m not asking for advice, so don’t bother.


11 posted on 01/31/2024 2:20:39 AM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: EinNYC

“the right “ people - i hope he means nonHamasniks. it doesn’t say where in Gaza he was and whether he is ministering to Catholics there. to be a Catholic in Gaza would already be an uphill battle. the Christian population there and in West Bank has diminished hugely due to hostile environment.


12 posted on 01/31/2024 2:54:34 AM PST by avital2 ("n)
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The number of Christians in Gaza has been reduced to just about 1,000, while the number of Muslims is reaching close to 2 million. Still, the remaining Christians stay resilient, though the tendency is for the young people to want to emigrate.


13 posted on 01/31/2024 3:11:52 AM PST by Bookshelf
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To: metmom

You assume they want it finished? These attacks are intentionally designed to provoke what they will inevitably call an “overreaction” so their propagandists can point and say “look how horrible those people are” and raise more money and more followers to the cause. It’s not supposed to finish until the “final solution”.


14 posted on 01/31/2024 3:26:08 AM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: EinNYC

what the WAR has done to gaza? that’s the same way it looked before any war.


15 posted on 01/31/2024 3:45:55 AM PST by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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To: EinNYC

No didnt break my heart...

Oct 7 did though ...

and continues too...

Wheres your heart on that ???


16 posted on 01/31/2024 3:56:52 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: ComputerGuy

If it makes you feel any better, Catholic Relief Services is not considered a religious organization under U.S. law. They have the same legal status as the United Way or Rotary International.


17 posted on 01/31/2024 4:06:41 AM PST by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
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To: EinNYC

Wait until this guy’s son gets old enough to see thru his fathers lying bullshit…


18 posted on 01/31/2024 4:08:43 AM PST by TalBlack (I We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: EinNYC

“What on earth is wrong with these people?”

Just in it for the endless supply of money, especially recent illegals in this country. This is how busloads of the invaders disappear overnight, the arrangement is made ahead of time that’s why you never see them again after the drop-off, especially airports in the middle of the night or a pre-arranged bus stop.


20 posted on 01/31/2024 4:29:29 AM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute. )
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