Franciscan friars reject any form of
violence and have a purely humanitarian mission, Father Bahjat
Karakach, the head of the order in Aleppo, told ANSA on Monday,
one day after the Franciscan complex of the Holy Land College in
the Syrian city was severely damaged by a Russian air raid.
"We Franciscans reject any form of violence and, as everyone
knows, our mission is of a purely humanitarian nature", Father
Karakach told ANSA.
For this reason, "the College's friars have returned there to
make bread.
"Here, in the city centre, our soup kitchen has resumed work,
distributing over 1,000 meals", he said.
"The situation in the city is tense, especially after another
air raid this morning in a nearby area", he said.
"Burying the dead is starting to be a problem, because the area
of the cemetery has become dangerous", said the Franciscan
friar.
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