Pope Francis reiterated his appeal
for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the world's other theatres of
conflict, lamenting the "madness" of the young lives lost due to
war during his weekly general audience on Wednesday.
"Let us please persevere in fervent prayer for those who suffer
the terrible consequences of war," the Argentine pontiff said at
the end of the audience.
"Today they brought me the rosary and the new testament of a
young soldier who died at the front - he prayed with it.
"So many young men, so many young men, go to die.
"Let us pray to the Lord to give us the grace to overcome this
madness of war, which is always a defeat".
Francis said that he still has "a bit of a cold", after
suffering flu-like symptoms for over two weeks, and again asked
an aide to read out his lesson during the general audience.
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