The Holy Father asked for the conflict with Russia from St. Peter’s Basilica. He did it in front of thousands of faithful after the start of the Jubilee of Hope.
Pope Francis launched his message of peace and blessing Urbi et Orbito the city of Rome and the world, from the central balcony of the basilica of Saint Peter. In front of thousands of faithful, he expressed: “Shut up your weapons in the martyred Ukraine“in relation to the war with Russia and asked to “reach a just and lasting peace.”
“Silence the guns in the martyred Ukraine. May we have the audacity today to open the door to negotiations and gestures of dialogue to reach a just and lasting peace”, was the complete message of the Argentine Pope on the war between Russia and Ukraine.
The Pope asked for peace in the face of global wars
His message was expressed in front of a square full of faithful, after having opened the Holy Door on Tuesday nightinaugurating the Jubilee of Hope of the year 2005. “Let the weapons be silent and the divisions be overcome,” he said when enunciating the conflicts and wars of today.
In reference to the war in LoopFrancisco added: “Let the fire cease, the hostages be released and the population exhausted by hunger and war be helped.” And he added: “In my heart is also the Christian community of Lebanon, especially in the south and in Syria, at this very delicate moment.”
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The Holy Father also spoke out about evils that afflict other lands such as the measles epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the populations of Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Mozambique.
Regarding the American continent, he asked that “the Child Jesus inspire political authorities and all people of good will in order to find effective solutions in truth and justice as soon as possible to promote social harmony,” in relation Haiti, Venezuela, Colombia and Nicaragua.
Christmas Eve Mass: Pope Francis asked to “raise your voice against injustice”
Pope Francis began his Christmas agenda this Tuesday, which also marks the formal beginning of the Jubilee, an event that grants indulgence of sins every 25 years and which enables a period of pilgrimages. There he expressed: “The hope that is born on this night does not tolerate the indolence of the sedentary nor the laziness of those who settle for their own well-being.”
He continued that this “It is incompatible with the quiet life of those who do not raise their voices against evil or against the injustices that are committed on the skin of the poorest.“.
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