This Saturday, May 18, Pope Francis embraced a Israeli and a Palestinian who have lost relatives in the current warwhich he called a “historic defeat”, during an event for peace in the Italian city of Verona (north).
The Argentine pontiff gathered around 12,500 people in the famous Veronese Roman amphitheaterthe Arena, in an event about peace in which, among other issues, he addressed the war in the Gaza Strip and Israel after the attack by Hamas Islamists on October 7.
Israeli attacks in Gaza.
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Both spoke before the pope and declared that they had been united by “pain and suffering.” that they experienced, which made everyone in the amphitheater stand up and applaud, including the pope himself despite his mobility problems.
I believe that in the face of the suffering of these two brothers, which is the suffering of two peoples, nothing can be said
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The pope then asked those present to remain silent and pray for peace.especially by children and the elderly, not only in the Holy Land but also in Ukraine.
“Let us think of the elders who worked all their lives to move these two countries forward and now this defeat, a historic defeat for all of us. Let us pray for peace and that these two brothers carry this desire of ours and the will to work for peace to their people,” he said.
The Pope called on the attendees to “sow hope” and said “to be increasingly convinced that the future of humanity is not only in the hands of leaders and great powers, but also in the hands of the people and their ability to organize” and “change.”
EFE
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