On Sunday, December 22, in his Angel of the Lord prayer before Christmas, Pope Francis called for an end to wars in the world and condemned the bombing of schools and hospitals in Ukraine and Gaza. This was reported by the Voice of America, according to UNN.
Let the guns be silent and the carols be heard! Let us pray that on Christmas Day there will be a ceasefire on all fronts of the war, in Ukraine, in the Holy Land, throughout the Middle East and around the world,
Francis recalled that Ukraine has suffered and continues to suffer from attacks on cities, “which sometimes damage schools, hospitals and churches.” The Pope also expressed his sympathy for Gaza, “the cruelty, the shooting of children, the bombing of schools and hospitals... So much cruelty!”
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