Libya: bishop calls for truce

May 16, 2011

The apostolic vicar of Tripoli has renewed has call for a truce in the Libyan conflict.

“Yesterday, in Marsa [el-]Brega, 16 people died, and several were killed in other parts of Tripoli. The [NATO] bombs are still claiming victims,” Bishop Giovanni Martinelli said on May 14. “A truce seems appropriate to help the civilians breathe again. Even last night there were several bombings, the strongest we heard around 3:00 a.m. They do not allow us to sleep.”

“In prayer, we invoke the grace of peace and reconciliation,” he added. “Certainly on one side and on the other there are sins to be forgiven, but you cannot forgive by throwing bombs.”

 

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Further information:

• "A truce is necessary for the the civilian population to breathe again, " said Bishop Martinelli (Fides)