Pope Francis, that has been absent in all the rites of Holy Week by continuing convalescent after hospitalization, This Sunday appeared on the balcony of the central lodge of the facade of the Basilica of San Pedro For the Urbi et Orbi blessing and then toured the place in Papamóvil and in his message he condemned the “Rearme Race”.
Francisco has not participated in any of the rites of Holy Week because Keep recovering after having spent 38 days in the hospital for bilateral pneumonia and have been discharged on March 23.
The Argentine pontiff, who remained sitting in the wheelchair and did not carry the nostrils for oxygen, wished: “Good Easter” and asked the master of ceremonies, Diego Ravelli, Let the message read before the nearly 50 thousand people gathered in the Plaza de San Pedro for the Mass of the Sunday of Resurrection, which was officiated by Cardinal Angelo Comastri.
Subsequently, by surprise, The Pope toured the Plaza de San Pedro in Papamóvil for several minutes and even stopped the vehicle to bless some children, although he was noticed with difficulty in movements.
During the morning, he also received the Vice President of the United States, JD Vance in his residence for Casa Santa Marta For a brief greeting and exchange a congratulation for Easter, The Vatican press office reported.
Against the rearma
In the traditional Easter message, in which he mentions the conflicts and evils of the world, the Pope lamented: “How much will to death see every day in the numerous conflicts that affect different parts of the world. How much violence we often perceive also in families, against women or children. How much contempt you sometimes have towards the weakest, marginalized and migrants. “
And rejected “the general race for rearme” and urged “to use the resources available to help those in need, combat hunger and promote initiatives that promote development.”
“Peace is not possible without a real disarmament. The demand that each people have to provide to their own defense cannot transform into a general career when rearma, “said Francisco.
Dramatic and outrageous crisis
“I would like us to wait again in that peace is possible “, The Pope wanted before starting to enumerate conflicts in the world in a new hard message.
He expressed concern about “the growing climate of anti -Semitism that is spreading throughout the world “and also by” the Christian community of Gaza, where the terrible conflict continues to take death and destruction, and causing a dramatic and unworthy humanitarian crisis “
And then he appealed “to the belligerent parts: that the fire ceases, that hostages are released and helps people, that is hungry and that aspires to a future of peace. “
In another passage from his message, although without referring to the war in Gaza, Francisco criticized attacks on hospitals and humanitarian operators.
THe also urged to pray “for the Christian communities of Lebanon and Syria, as well as by Yemen, “That one of the worst prolonged humanitarian crises is living” in the world because of the war, “and invited” everyone to look for solutions through a constructive dialogue. “
A fair and lasting peace
Francisco too He asked “that the risen Christ unfounds the Pascual Don of Peace to the martyred Ukraine and encourage all the actors involved to continue the efforts aimed at achieving a fair and lasting peace “, as well as” that the firm is already the performance of a definitive peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaiyan “and that tensions are avoided in the western Balkans.
And that “peace and comfort arrives African peoples victims of aggressions and conflicts, Especially in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Sudan and South Sudan, and supports those who suffer from tensions in the Sahel, in the horn of Africa and in the region of the great lakes. “
Asked for help to Burma “tormented for years by armed conflicts, which faces with courage and patience the consequences of the devastating earthquake in Sagaing. “
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