At audience, Pope pushes for debt relief, peace
December 26, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: At the conclusion of his public audience on December 26, Pope Francis repeated his call for international debt relief, urging support for a Jubillee Year campaign by Caritas Internationalis “to relieve countries oppressed by unsustainable debts and promote development.
The Pontiff said that world debt is linked to the international trafficking in arms, and said: “Stop colonizing people with weapons!”
He went on to ask prayers for peace, “especially in war-torn Ukraine, Gaza, Israel, Myanmar, North Kivu, and many other countries at war.”
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