![]() ![]() ![]() Yes, war is a sacrilege! I cannot fail to recall the plea with which in 1962 Saint John XXIII asked the powerful men and women of his time to stop an escalation of war that could have dragged the world into the abyss of nuclear conflict. War is not the solution, war is madness, war is a monster, war is a cancer that feeds off itself, engulfing everything! More so, war is a sacrilege, that wreaks havoc on what is most precious on our earth, human life, the innocence of the little ones, the beauty of creation. In the face of the heartbreaking images we see every day, in the face of the cries of children and women, we can only shout: "Stop!". And among the affected in the conflict are unfortunately many innocent civilians, many women, many children, many elderly people, forced to live in shelters dug in the belly of the earth to escape the bombs, with families that are divided because the husbands, fathers, grandfathers remain to fight, while the wives, mothers and grandmothers seek refuge after long journeys of hope and cross the border seeking hospitality in other countries that receive them with a large heart. Until, now, almost suddenly, war has broken out near us. These are the many forgotten wars that reappear from time to time before our inattentive eyes. ![]() Wars that cause millions of people to flee, forced to leave their land, their homes, their destroyed cities to save their lives. So many wars are going on in the world right now, causing immense pain, innocent victims, especially children. Those pieces have become bigger and bigger, melding together. From the beginning of my service as bishop of Rome, I have spoken of World War III, saying that we are already living it, though only in pieces. Never would I have imagined then that one year later a conflict would break out in Europe. A year ago, on my pilgrimage to martyred Iraq, I was able to touch with my own hands the disaster caused by war, fratricidal violence and terrorism I saw the rubble of homes and the wounds of hearts, but also seeds of hope for rebirth. ![]()
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