Pope renews call for ceasefire in Middle East
September 30, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: After presiding at Mass in Brussels on the final day of his visit to Belgium, Pope Francis issued a call for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon, Gaza, Palestine, and Israel.
“Hostages must be released, and humanitarian aid must be allowed,” the Pope said. He deplored the dangerous escalation of violence in Lebanon. In a reference to that country’s history of inter-religious harmony, he said that “Lebanon is a message, but at this moment it is a message that is being torn apart.”
The Pope also called attention to the 110th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, and exhorted the people of Europe to “consider the phenomenon of migration as an opportunity to grow together in fraternity.”
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