Vatican’s Ebola Response

The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace released a plan, Expanding the Catholic Church’s Commitment to the Ebola Emergency Responsewhich provides details of how the Church has responded to the Ebola crisis to date on the local level and what more needs to be done. (CNS, 01.07.2015)

The plan notes that “the Church has been providing health care for decades in this region and is an essential part of the overall health care infrastructure. The health care system has been overwhelmed by this epidemic and already had been facing grave challenges as a result of years of armed conflict, social unrest, and abject poverty.”

Read more at: “Expanding the Catholic Church’s Commitment to the Ebola Emergency Response