Pope warns of spiral of death in Middle East clashes
Sunday May 16 2021
Pope Francis celebrates a Holy Mass for the community of Rome s faithful of Myanmar, on May 16, 2021 at St. Peter s Basilica in The Vatican. PHOTO/AFP
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Francis comments, addressed to a crowd in Saint Peter s Square at the Vatican, came after the pontiff held a special mass for Myanmar on Sunday morning.
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Pope Francis on Sunday said the loss of innocent lives in violence between Israel and Palestinians was terrible and unacceptable , warning that the latest conflict could get even worse. In these days, violent armed clashes between the Gaza Strip and Israel have taken over, and risk degenerating into a spiral of death and destruction, said the pope following his Sunday Regina Caeli prayer.
Biden expresses grave concern , tells rocket fire must cease Published: 9:49 PM, May 16, 2021
Palestinians inspect their house, after it was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. - AFP SHARE
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden expressed his grave concern over violence in Israel and Gaza in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Saturday while separately telling Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas that Hamas must cease firing rockets.
Speaking on the sixth day of a paroxysm of Israeli-Palestinian violence that has left scores dead or wounded, Biden expressed his strong support for Israel s right to defend itself against rocket attacks by Hamas and other activist groups, in his call with Netanyahu, while also emphasising his clear concern over the deadly flare-up and casualties on both sides.
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VATICAN CITY, May 9 Pope Francis today called for an end to violence in annexed east Jerusalem, where clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police have left scores of Palestinians injured.
After delivering his Regina Caeli prayer from the window overlooking St Peter’s Square, the pope said he was “following with particular concern the events that are happening in Jerusalem”.
“I pray so that this might be a place of encounter and not violent clashes, a place of prayer and of peace,” he said.
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Rosario Livatino beatified in Sicily, honored as martyr of justice and faith
Blessed Rosario Livatino, a Catholic judge brutally killed by the mafia in 1990, was beatified Sunday in the Cathedral of Agrigento, Sicily.
Pope Francis commended the beatification of the young judge, calling him a “martyr of justice and faith” at the end of his Regina Caeli address on May 9.
“In his service to the community as an upright judge, he never allowed himself to be corrupted. He strove to judge, not to condemn, but to redeem,” Pope Francis said from the window of the Apostolic Palace.
“He always placed his work ‘under the protection of God;’ for this he became a witness of the Gospel until his heroic death. May his example be for everyone, especially magistrates, an incentive to be loyal defenders of the law and liberty,” he said.