Pope Francis on Thursday
called for a halt to massacres of women and children around the
world.
At a prayer ceremony for South Sudan and the Democratic
Republic of Congo, he said "may the Risen Lord bring down the
walls of hostility that today divide brothers, especially in
South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo".
He said "may He give succour to the women victims of violence
in war zones and all the parts of the world. May He save the
children who are suffering because of conflicts they are
strangers to, but which steal their childhood and sometimes also
their lives."
The pope added: "How much hypocrisy in keeping silent or
denying the massacres of women and children! Here war shows its
most horrible face".
Francis urged politicians to be "form" in seeking peace and
voiced the hope that negotiations would always prevail over
conflict.
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