Pope Francis on Sunday renewed his
call for an end to fighting in the war between Israel and Hamas,
saying every human being has the right to live in peace.
"May the weapons fall silent, they will never bring peace, and
let the conflict not spread. Enough, enough brothers, enough!"
said the pope during the Angelus prayer and blessing at the
Vatican.
"In Gaza, the wounded must be helped immediately, the shelters
must be protected, more humanitarian aid must be sent to the
exhausted population, the hostages must be freed," he continued,
recalling that among the people taken hostage by Hamas during
its October 7 surprise attack against Israel that triggered the
war "there are many elderly people and children".
"Every human being, whether Christian, Jew, Muslim, of whatever
people or religion, every human being is sacred, is precious in
the eyes of God, (and) has the right to live in peace," said
Francis.
"Every day my thoughts go to the very serious situation in
Israel and Palestine. I am close to all those who suffer,
Palestinians and Israelis. I embrace them in this dark moment.
And I pray a lot for them," insisted the pope.
"Let us not lose hope," the Pope concluded.
"Let us pray, let us work untiringly so that the feeling of
humanity might prevail over hardheartedness."
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