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(CNN)Pope Francis reminded the world of the Vatican’s status as a state and his role as a moral diplomat in his traditional speech given at the end of Easter Mass.
The Pontiff lamented the suffering of people in the conflicts currently making headlines and called for violence everywhere to end.
Foremost, he asked that bloodshed end in Iraq and Syria and that humanitarian aid get to those in need.
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The Pope turned to economic oppression: “We ask for peace and freedom for the many men and women subject to old and new forms of enslavement on the part of criminal individuals and groups,” he said.
He asked for peace from drug dealers, corrupt officials who collaborate with them, and arms dealers.
Pope Francis ended the address consoling the marginalized, the poor, the sick and the suffering.
cnn.com/2015/04/05/europe/vatican-urbi-et-orbi-speech-easter/index.html
The Pontiff lamented the suffering of people in the conflicts currently making headlines and called for violence everywhere to end.
Foremost, he asked that bloodshed end in Iraq and Syria and that humanitarian aid get to those in need.
…
The Pope turned to economic oppression: “We ask for peace and freedom for the many men and women subject to old and new forms of enslavement on the part of criminal individuals and groups,” he said.
He asked for peace from drug dealers, corrupt officials who collaborate with them, and arms dealers.
Pope Francis ended the address consoling the marginalized, the poor, the sick and the suffering.
cnn.com/2015/04/05/europe/vatican-urbi-et-orbi-speech-easter/index.html