BRUSSELS (EFE).— Pope Francis warned this Friday that “we are close to an almost global war” and prayed that those responsible for nations, looking at Belgium and its history, would know how to learn from it and, thus, save to their peoples incessant catastrophes and innumerable mourning.”
“I pray that they fear the judgment of conscience, of history and of God, and convert their eyes and hearts, always putting the common good first,” he added.
Before the Belgian kings Philip and Matilda and the acting prime minister, Alexander De Croo, with whom he met today, he wished that Belgium would be “a bridge, therefore, indispensable to build peace and repudiate war.”
“This way you understand how big little Belgium is. It is understood the need that Europe has for it to remind itself of its history, made up of peoples and cultures, of cathedrals and universities, of conquests of human ingenuity, but also of so many wars and a will to dominate that sometimes became in colonialism and exploitation,” he recalled.
And he added that “Europe needs Belgium to carry forward the path of peace and fraternity among the peoples that form it” especially “if they begin to disregard borders and treaties, and the right to create law is left to arms.” , subverting what is in force, Pandora’s box is uncovered and all the winds begin to blow violently, beating against the house and threatening to destroy it.”
And he advocated for “constant and timely cultural, social and political action, both courageous and prudent and that excludes a future in which the idea and practice of war, with its catastrophic consequences, once again become a viable option.” .
On the other hand, the Argentine Pontiff met for almost two hours with 17 victims of abuse by Belgian priests when they were minors, at the Belgian nunciature, the Vatican reported.
“During the meeting, which lasted more than two hours, the participants were able to tell the Pope their stories and their pain and express their expectations regarding the Church’s commitment against abuse,” they explained in a note.
In this meeting “the Pope was able to listen to and get closer to their suffering, expressed his gratitude for their bravery and the feeling of shame for what they had suffered as children because of the priests to whom they were entrusted, taking note of the requests that they “They made it so I could study them.”
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