2024-03-13 12:57:12
Tornielli, editorial director of the Dicastery for Communications, published an editorial on the 11th anniversary of Pope Francis’ election, emphasizing that the Pope has been walking on the path of mercy and peace over the years. He also reiterated that the Pope places the sanctity of life at the heart of the war, cares for the innocent victims, and exposes the dirty economic interests behind wars that are cloaked in a veil of hypocrisy.
(Vatican News) Amid diplomatic silence, and in a context increasingly lacking in political initiative and leadership, the world has embarked on a frenzied arms race, pouring huge sums of money into sophisticated instruments of death capable of Providing twice as much basic medical care to all the world’s inhabitants and significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. At this time, only Pope Francis is still calling for an end to war and arousing people’s courage to pursue the path of peace.
Andrea Tornielli, editorial director of the Dicastery for Communications, wrote in a March 13 editorial that the pope “continues to call for a ceasefire in the Holy Land, where Hamas terrorists carried out a ruthless campaign on October 7 massacres, followed by tragic massacres in the Gaza Strip. He went on to call for an end to the war in Ukraine, the heartland of Christianity in Europe, which was devastated by airstrikes by the Russian invading army. He went on to call for peace in other parts of the world, Forgotten conflicts that unfolded with unspeakable violence are becoming part of an increasingly large world conflict.”
In the twelfth year of his pastorate, the Bishop of Rome, the world entered a dark moment in which the fate of mankind was left to the mercy of rulers who were unable to assess the consequences of their decisions and who seemed to have surrendered to the inevitability of war. However, the Pope said with a sober and realistic attitude: “Whoever can see the situation clearly and who can think about the people will be stronger.” In other words, “those who have the courage to negotiate are stronger” because “negotiation is a Brave words” and we should not be ashamed of that. Unafraid of misunderstandings by those near and far, Pope Francis continues to place the sanctity of life at the heart of the cause, caring for the innocent victims and exposing the dirty economic interests behind wars that are veiled under a veil of hypocrisy.
A quick look at the history of the past eleven years allows us to understand the prophetic value of the Voice of Peter. The 2015 encyclical Laudato Si’ points out that climate change, migration, war and deadly economies are interconnected phenomena that can only be addressed through a global perspective. The 2020 encyclical Fratelli Fraterni points out the way to a new world based on fraternity and once again exposes the use of God’s name to justify terrorism, hatred and violence. In addition, the pope’s teachings continually stress mercy, a theme that runs throughout his pastoral mission.
The reason why acceptance, closeness, tenderness, companionship, the reason the Christian community embraces and listens, is because we have always sought and experienced mercy. If the Pope’s actions are read in this light, even those that provoke a shocked reaction in some people, just as the actions of Jesus did two thousand years ago, we will discover in them a profound evangelical and missionary force. .
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