100,000 attend Vatican peace vigil for Syria
“This evening, I ask the Lord that we Christians, and
our brothers and sisters of other religions and every man and woman of good
will, cry out forcefully: Violence and war are never the way to peace!” Francis
said.
{mosads}”May the noise of weapons cease!” he said.
“War always marks the failure of peace, it is always a defeat for
humanity.”
Francis organized a day of fasting and the prayer as the
U.S. moved closer to a military response in Syria. He appealed to the world
leaders at this week’s G-20 meeting, according to the AP, urging them to
abandon the “futile pursuit” of a military solution.
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