“We tend to think of aid as our main mechanism by which we assist people, and of course, it is essential and important. But, without a security overlay and without a deeper understanding of the trauma that is there, we perhaps won't fulfill the fullness of the potentiality of our generosity.”

Source: Congressman: Security, solidarity, and subsidiarity needed to rebuild Iraqi villages https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/39181/congressman-security-solidarity-and-subsidiarity-needed-to-rebuild-iraqi-villages (17 August 2018)

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