Peter and Paul, offered an apology to young people for the violence and division present in the world. Pérez of Philadelphia, speaking at a noontime “Mass for the Preservation of Peace and Justice” he celebrated at that city’s Cathedral Basilica of SS. Two joint reports from the New Lines Institute and the Raoul Wallenberg Center for Human Rights have determined Russia’s invasion constitutes genocide, with Ukraine reporting some 111,350 war crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine since February 2022.Īrchbishop Nelson J. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has continued attacks launched in 2014. The ensuing humanitarian crisis has left the Middle East “on the verge of the abyss,” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, as Israel prepares for a ground offensive. citizens, and - according to Hamas officials - some 7,000 in Gaza have been killed. To date, some 1,400 in Israel, including at least 30 U.S.

7, killing hundreds and taking over 200 hostages, Israel declared war on Hamas, placing Gaza under siege and pounding the region with airstrikes as Hamas has returned fire. “Brothers, stop! Stop!” Pope Francis implored.Īfter Hamas militants attacked some 22 locations in Israel Oct. 22 Angelus address that “any war there is in the world … is always a defeat” and “a destruction of human fraternity.

Peter’s Basilica, the pope presided over evening prayers for peace, and invited Christians of all denominations, as well as all people of faith and goodwill, to pray, fast, and do penance to end violence and restore peace, saying in his Oct. 27 in response to Pope Francis’ call for a worldwide day of prayer for peace.Īt St. With close to 30 major wars and conflicts raging throughout the world - among them, the Israel-Hamas war and Russia’s war on Ukraine - Catholics across the country gathered Oct.

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