VATICAN CITY.- The Pope Francisco He asked for the gift of peace for “people exhausted by war, by hunger, by all forms of oppression,” in an appeal following the prayer of the Queen of Heaven from Easter Monday leaning out St. Peter’s Square from the window of the apostolic palace.
He Pope Francisco thanked all the messages of closeness and prayers that have reached him in this Easter and asked “that the gift of peace from the risen Lord” reach everyone and especially, he added, “where it is most needed, to people exhausted by war, by hunger, by all forms of oppression.”
In this Sunday’s Easter message, read from the central window of the basilica of Saint Peterthe holy father asked for a immediate ceasefire in Gazajust as urged access to aid and the release of the hostages.
He also urged a exchange of all prisoners between Russia and Ukraine and warned of the need to stop the “winds of war” that blow regarding Europe and the Mediterranean.
With the prayer of Queen of Heaven Today the Holy Week rites of Pope Francis concluded, who resigned from presiding over the Via Crucis at the Colosseum in Rome to “safeguard his health,” but that he has attended the rest of the celebrations in good shape and reading the prepared homilies.
In the prayer of Queen of Heaven This Monday, the bishop of Rome affirmed that the resurrection of Jesus “tells us not to fear, not to be afraid, not to sink into a life without hope, not to renounce the joy of Easter.”
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2024-04-07 17:03:41
