On New Year’s Day, Pope Francis called on governments to cancel the debts of poorer countries. “No family, no nation should be crushed by debt,” he said during the Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.
The governments of Christian countries must ‘cancel or at least reduce’ the debts of the poorer countries. The Pope also called for initiatives for peace in Ukraine, Gaza, Israel, Myanmar and Kivu. War is always a defeat.
Another content of his New Year’s Day sermon in St. Peter’s Basilica was the “protection of human life.” “Let us learn to care for every creature and, above all, to protect the precious gift of life. “Life in the womb, the life of children, the life of the suffering, the life of the poor, the life of the elderly, the lonely, the dying,” Francis said.
Believers should entrust the New Year to the Mother of God and hope for God’s comfort. The Roman Catholic Church traditionally celebrates the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, on January 1 and at the same time the World Day of Peace, which was proclaimed by Pope Paul VI in 1967. was introduced. This time around 7,000 faithful came to the mass in St. Peter’s Church.
The evening before, the 88-year-old Pope called for gratitude and hope. On December 24, he symbolically opened the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica. Believers who go through it after repentance and communion are said to be offered an indulgence from sins.
Source: Krone
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