L’Osservatore Romano /Pool / APPope Francis used his Christmas message to call for peace in parts of the world ravaged by violence and terrorism. Addressing the crowd at the Vatican from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica with his third Urbi et Orbi remarks on Christmas Day, Francis called for peace in Syria, which is in the midst of a brutal civil war; Libya, which has been in turmoil since the ouster of Moammar Gadhafi; Iraq, Yemen, and sub-Saharan Africa. He said the atrocities in those places “reap numerous victims, cause immense suffering and do not even spare the historical …read more
Source: The Atlantic
