Pope Francis urged for a global ceasefire during his Angelus prayer on Sunday, denouncing the violence against schools and hospitals in Ukraine and Gaza. He prayed for peace in war-torn regions, including the Middle East, and recognized the suffering caused by the ongoing conflicts.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis called for a ceasefire on all war fronts in his Angelus prayer on Sunday, condemning the 'cruelty' of bombing schools and hospitals in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip.'Let the weapons fall silent and let the Christmas carols ring out!' Francis said while delivering his Sunday blessing from indoors due to a cold and as a precaution ahead of a busy Christmas period.
'Let us pray that at Christmas there will be a ceasefire on all war fronts in Ukraine, in the Holy Land, throughout the Middle East and throughout the world,' the Argentine pontiff said. Francis recalled, as he often does, the 'battered Ukraine' that continues to be hit by attacks on cities, 'which sometimes damage schools, hospitals and churches.'He also expressed his pain thinking of Gaza suffering 'such cruelty, the machine-gunning of children to the bombing of schools and hospitals.'His call came a day after he criticized Israel's actions in Gaza and said his envoy had been unable to enter the battered territory because of Israeli bombing.In apparent response, Israeli authorities on Sunday allowed Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the leader of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, to enter Gaza and celebrate a pre-Christmas Mass with members of the enclave's small Christian community.Israel says it has made great efforts to spare civilians and is only at war with the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which it accuses of genocidal violence in its Oct. 7, 2023 attacks that ignited the war.The pontiff, who turned 88 on Dec. 17, appeared in good shape on Sunday, after appearing wheezing and congested during his annual Christmas greeting to Vatican bureaucrats on Saturday.The Vatican cited the cold temperatures outside and Francis' strenuous week ahead in deciding to deliver his Sunday blessing indoor
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