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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis is calling on political and religious leaders, on the heads of international institutions, on business and media executives and on all men and women of goodwill to become instruments of reconciliation and adopt nonviolence as a style of politics for peace.The Pope’s appeal comes in the fiftieth papal Message for the World Day of Peace, marked on December 1st . The Message was released in the Vatican on Monday.In his long and multi-facted message the Pope remarks on the fact that we find ourselves “engaged in a horrifying world war fought peacemeal”, and that “violence is not the cure for our broken world.”Please find below the full text of Pope Francis’s message for the World Day of Peace: "Nonviolence: A Style of Politics for Peace"1. At the beginning of this New Year, I offer heartfelt wishes of peace to the world’s peoples and nations, to heads of state and ...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis this morning called His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, to express his condolences following the recent attack on the Coptic Cathedral of St. Mark in Abassiya, Cairo.According to a statement from the Holy See Press Office, the Pope expressed his closeness to the Patriarch and the Coptic community so hard hit, especially to the women and children who represent the highest number among the victims.During the call Patriarch Tawadros II recalled the expression of Pope Francis, pronounced during their meeting at the Vatican, namely the '' blood ecumenism ". For his part, Pope Francis said that "We are united in the blood of our martyrs."The Holy Father has promised to pray for the Coptic community during the Mass being celebrated today on feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.The Patriarch also thanked Pope Francis for his closeness at this time, and he asked him to pray for them and fo...
(Vatican Radio) Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva has delivered a statement at the Fifth Review Conference of the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW)Please find the English statement below12 December 2016Madam Chairperson,One of the stark realities of history is that most of the sophisticated and rapid scientific and technological developments have been driven by military logic or application. Rather than being at the service of the greater common good, they have often led to the production of deadly new weapons, used to advance narrow national interests.While the means and methods of warfare have changed, the suffering and fear they cause have always been the red line of conflicts. Today, the scale of humanitarian deprivation we witness is app...
Vatican City, Dec 12, 2016 / 04:34 am (CNA/EWTN News).- When it comes to the many conflicts splintering different parts of the world, Pope Francis the Christian response must be one of nonviolence, which isn’t passive, but active and has roots in a strong family life.“To be true followers of Jesus today also includes embracing his teaching about nonviolence,” the Pope said in his message for the 50th World Day of Peace, published Dec. 12.Citing the havoc wrought by the wars and conflicts that marked the last century, Francis again pointed to the fact that today “we find ourselves engaged in a horrifying world war fought piecemeal.”Just this weekend around 70 people were killed in several terrorist attacks, including a blast outside a Coptic Orthodox cathedral in Cairo and two bombings near a soccer stadium in Istanbul.While it’s not easy to tell whether or not the world is presently more violent that in the past, what is obvious is that the &ldquo...
Vatican City, Dec 12, 2016 / 05:20 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The day after an explosion at the Coptic Orthodox cathedral in Cairo killed 25 people, mostly women and children, Pope Francis called the head of the Church to offer prayer, and to say they are united the blood of their martyrs.According to a Dec. 12 communique from the Vatican, Francis called His Holiness Pope Tawadros II earlier that morning to express his condolences and to assure of his closeness to the Patriarch and the entire Coptic community, “so hardly hit.”On his part, Patriarch Tawadros II reminded Francis of the phrase “ecumenism of blood” he often uses to describe the global persecution of Christians, and which he also used during his 2013 meeting with the patriarch at the Vatican.Pope Francis told the patriarch that “we are united in the blood of our martyrs,” and promised to pray for the community during his evening Mass for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.Tawadros II then th...
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