December 25, 2017 (UNIAN) In his annual Christmas address, Pope Francis has
called on believers to pray for peace and make peace-building efforts
worldwide. “We see Jesus in children who, together with their families, suffer
from the violence of the conflict in Ukraine and its grave humanitarian
repercussions; we pray that the Lord may soon grant peace to this dear
country,” Pope Francis said, according to Radio Vatican. “Today, as the winds
of war are blowing in our world and an outdated model of development continues
to produce human, societal and environmental decline, Christmas invites us to
focus on the sign of the Child and to recognize him in the faces of little
children,”
Pope Francis said, recalling of those living in conflict-torn
countries, including the Holy Land, Middle East, a number of African states,
Venezuela, and Ukraine. As UNIAN reported earlier, the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has reported 544
conflict-related civilian casualties in Donbas from January 1 to November 15,
according to the Office's update on the human rights situation in Ukraine.
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