Pope Francis gave the world a very good message this Easter season from his balcony at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome calling for peace in a world marked by war and conflict.
Some 80,000 people were there below him sharing his remarks about many acts of injustice and violence in areas affected by hunger and terrorism.
“It bears fruits of hope and dignity where there are deprivations and exclusion, hunger and unemployment, where there are migrants and refugees, so often rejected by today’s culture of waste and victims of the drug trade, human trafficking and contemporary forms of slavery,” the Pope said. He called for a swift end to seven years of carnage in Syria, demanding that aid be delivered to the wartorn country’s needy and calling for “fitting conditions for the returned and displaced.”
He also urged reconciliation in Israel which has experienced “days of ongoing conflict that do not spare the defenseless.” His remarks came after the Friday deaths of Palestinian protesters who charged toward Gaza’s border with Israel reported to be the area’s deadliest violence in four years.
Pope Francis, who is the first pope from Latin America, also cited problems in Venezuela and said he hoped the country would “find a just, peaceful and humane way to surmount quickly the political and humanitarian crises that grip it.”
And he expressed his hope that talks, which are supposed to start soon, would bring peace to the Korean Peninsula, urging “those who are directly responsible act with wisdom and discernment to promote the good of Korean people.”
The leader of the North Koreans, who has threatened with atomic missiles being aimed at Western Hemisphere countries in the past, has recently taken a good turn by offering to give up his threats with the weapons and, seemingly, becoming friendly with the United States and other countries.
It was a worldwide address that met the needs and hopes of many people who want this to be a peaceful place in which to live. And who wouldn’t with so many things here on Mother Earth that could be beneficially enjoyed and put to good purpose.
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