“In the name of God I ask for an end to the cruel madness of war”: This is the appeal of Pope Francis in his book “I ask you in the name of God – Ten prayers for a future of hope”, published by the Italian publishing house Piemme. The war is “the real failure of politics”.
The daily newspaper “La Stampa” published an excerpt from the new book on Sunday.
“The war in Ukraine has confronted the consciences of millions of people in the center of the West with the stark reality of a humanitarian tragedy that has been going on for some time and has made us aware of the horror of war,” the pope said. . “There is no occasion when a war can be considered just. There is no place for the barbarity of war,” he added.
The Holy Father appealed to the “local, national and world authorities”: “The appropriate initiatives to contain the war depend on them. And it is to them that I appeal in the name of God that they “Stop the manufacture and international trade of weapons” and that all nuclear weapons be phased out. “The existence of atomic and nuclear weapons endangers the survival of human life on Earth,” the Pope warned.
“War is also an ineffective answer: it never solves the problems it wants to overcome,” the pope said. “Perhaps Yemen, Libya or Syria, to name just a few recent examples, are better off than before the conflicts?” Pope Francis asked.
The Pope points the way to the solution: “It requires dialogue, negotiation, listening, diplomatic skill and creativity, as well as a far-sighted policy capable of building a system of coexistence not based on the power of weapons.” or based on deterrence”.
Source: Krone
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