Sunday, July 27, 2014

Pope Calls for End of Fighting in Weekly Address; "Please Stop! I Ask You with All My Heart. Stop"

Pope Francis made an emotional plea for peace today (July 27, 2014), in an impromptu addition to comments delivered at his weekly Angelus address in Saint Peter's Square, the Reuters website reports.

As the Argentinian-born pontiff wrapped up his regular address to the faithful, he spoke of the upcoming centenary of the outbreak of World War I and said his thoughts were on the Middle East, Iraq, and Ukraine in particular.

With his voice appearing to crack with emotion, the pope broke off from his scripted remarks to make a direct appeal for fighting to end. "Please stop! I ask you with all my heart, it's time to stop. Stop, please!"

"Brothers and sisters, never war, never war! I am thinking above all of children, who are deprived of the hope of a worthwhile life, of a future," he said. "Dead children, injured children, mutilated children, orphaned children, children whose toys are things left over from war, children who can't smile any more," the pope asserted.

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