Pope Francis told the faithful in St. Peter's Square yesterday that he is "deeply disturbed" by the international community's failure to come up with a common response to war in Syria and other parts of the world, the Seattle Times website reports today (April 16, 2018).
"Despite the tools available to the international community, it is difficult to agree on a common action toward peace in Syria or other regions of the world," the pope told a crowd of 30,000 after his traditional Sunday blessing.
The pope spoke after airstrikes by the U.S., France, and Britain aimed at taking out Syria's chemical weapons capacity. That followed a suspected poison gas attack by Syrian government forces on a rebel-held Damascus suburb that killed dozens of people, including children.
"There is not a good or a bad war, and nothing can justify such instruments that exterminate defenseless people and populations," the pope said. "Let's pray that the responsible politicians and military leaders choose another path: that of negotiations, the only one that can bring peace."
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