VATICAN CITY, March 22 (Reuters) – Pope Leo on Sunday stated loss of life and struggling brought on by the conflict within the Center East are a “scandal to the entire human household”, renewing his plea for a right away ceasefire.
Because the U.S.-Israeli conflict on Iran enters its fourth week, the primary U.S. pope stated that he continues to observe with “dismay” the state of affairs within the Center East and in different areas torn aside by conflict and violence.
“We can not stay silent within the face of the struggling of so many individuals, the defenceless victims of those conflicts. What hurts them hurts the entire of humanity,” Leo stated at his weekly Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Sq..
“I strongly renew my enchantment for us to persevere in prayer, in order that hostilities could stop and the way in which could lastly be paved for peace,” he added.