When Pope Francis looked Thousands of Catholics gathered in Saint Peter’s Square on Sunday EasterHe has prepared a speech thinking about a world full of conflict concentrations and the end of wars in Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan.
The speech was held hours before the death of the Pope, who was The Vatican confirmed on Monday morning (21).
Francis, very weak in reading more than a few phrases, while one of the consultants gave Easter speech: “celebration of life” in the middle of the “destruction” that was growing all over the world.
Francisco’s papality began in a different and more peaceful time. In 2013, Russia has not yet raised the Crimea. The civil war in Syria was bloody, but it has not yet made great foreign powers. Immigration to Europe has not yet been considered a “crisis.”
In a speech a few hours before his death, Francis included 11 countries and six areas now suffering from conflicts, and analyzed a world that has decreased more and more in war and turmoil.
“What a great thirst for death, to kill, we witness every day in many conflicts that afflict different parts of our world! How to despise contempt at times with regard to weakness, marginalized and immigrants!” Francisco said.
He prayed for the sake of Christian societies in Lebanon and Syria, “constructive dialogue” to help solve hunger in Yemen, peace in Sudan and southern Sudan, and victims of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He also stated that the ceasefire was first after years of civil war in Myanmar was a “sign of hope”.
He prayed ink for “fair and permanent peace” in Ukraine and expressed regret the suffering of the people in Gaza, “where the terrible struggle continues to cause death and destruction. Francisco, the severe critic of the Israeli war against Hamas in Gaza, has increased its control in recent months, describing the conflict as “very dangerous and shameful” in January.
