VATICAN CITY (CAN) The consistory for the creation of cardinals on Aug. 27 is a ceremony that seems to mark the end of a pontificate though that end might be long in coming.
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Speaking after the recitation of the Regina Coeli May 16, the pope expressed alarm at the Israel-Gaza conflict which has left more than 100 people dead, many of them children.
He said: In these days, violent armed clashes between the Gaza Strip and Israel have taken hold, and risk degenerating into a spiral of death and destruction. Numerous people have been injured, and many innocents have died. Among them there are also children, and this is terrible and unacceptable. Their death is a sign that one does not want to build the future, but wants to destroy it.
The pope also lamented intercommunal violence involving Jews and Arabs within Israel.
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