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
Leo XIV holds the visit to the Gaza Strip close to his heart, Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for the Oriental Churches, told reporters. "I think it's close to his heart because I know him well, his deep desire to be close," he said. On Tuesday, the Pope sent 5,000 packages of antibiotics to children in the Gaza Strip.
5,000 antibiotics leave the Vatican for Gaza on the orders of Pope Leo XIV - ZENIT
(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 10.15.2025).- Pope Leon XIV continues to practice a diplomacy of compassion — one measured not in treaties or declarations, but in medicine and bread. This week, through the Vatican’s Apostolic Almoner, the Pope sent 5,000 doses of antibiotics to children in Gaza, part of a humanitarian effort that reaches across the front lines of multiple conflicts. For two years, Gaza’s hospitals have faced desperate shortages, its…
POPE SENDS ANTIBIOTICS TO GAZA AS AID RESUMES
Wed 15 October 2025: Pope Leo XIV has ordered the delivery of 5,000 doses of antibiotics for children in Gaza as humanitarian aid begins to enter the enclave following two years of conflict, the Vatican has said. The initiative, carried out through the Office of Papal Charities, aims to provide urgent medical support for Gaza’s youngest victims, Vatican […]
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