Pope Francis has called for an end to the wars in Gaza and Ukraine as the world celebrates Christmas.
Gatekeepers News reports that Pope Francis, in his annual Christmas Day “Urbi and Orbi” mass at the Vatican, called for an end “to war, to every war, to the very mindset of war, an aimless voyage, a defeat without victors, an inexcusable folly”.
May peace “come in Israel and Palestine, where war is devastating the lives of those peoples”, he said.
“I reiterate my urgent appeal for the liberation of those still being held hostage. I plead for an end to the military operations with their appalling harvest of innocent civilian victims, and call for a solution to the desperate humanitarian situation by an opening to the provision of humanitarian aid”, he said.
“I implore peace for Ukraine. Let us renew our spiritual and human closeness to its embattled people”, he said, also calling for the resolution of conflicts simmering in the Middle East, Africa and the Caucasus.
