November 5,
Pope Francis begged for an end to war. “I continue to think about the serious
situation in Palestine and in Israel where
many, many people have lost their lives. In God’s name, I beg you to stop:
Cease using weapons! I hope that avenues will be pursued so that an escalation
of the conflict might be absolutely avoided, so that the wounded can be rescued
and help might get to the population of Gaza
where the humanitarian situation is extremely serious. May the hostages be
freed immediately.
There are
also many children among them – may they return to their families! Yes, let’s
think of the children, of all the children affected by this war, as well as in Ukraine and by
other conflicts: this is how their future is being killed. Let us pray that
there might be the strength to say, “enough.”
