Pope renews call for peace
January 05, 2015
During his January 4 Angelus address in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis reflected on the causes of division and issued a renewed appeal for peace.
Reflecting on texts from St. John’s Gospel, the Pope said that “a person’s heart can reject the light and prefer the darkness, because the light lays bare their evil works. The one who does evil hates the light; the one who does evil hates peace.”
“First of all, to silence arms and to extinguish the outbreaks of war remain the unavoidable conditions to begin a journey that leads to the achievement of peace in its different aspects,” he said. “I think of conflicts are still shedding blood in too many regions of the planet, of tensions in families and in communities -- but in how many families, in how many communities, in how many parishes is there war, as well as the sharp conflicts in our cities and towns between groups of different culture, ethnic and religious backgrounds.”
The Blessed Virgin, he concluded, “never lost peace of heart, the fruit of trustful abandonment to the mercy of God. Let us ask Mary, our tender Mother, to show to the whole world the sure path of love and of peace.”
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