{"id":16311,"date":"2016-07-13T12:25:10","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T12:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=16311"},"modified":"2016-07-13T12:25:10","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T12:25:10","slug":"syria-pope-urges-world-leaders-stop-funding-the-war-acn-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2016\/07\/13\/syria-pope-urges-world-leaders-stop-funding-the-war-acn-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"SYRIA &#8211; Pope urges world leaders: \u201cStop funding the war!\u201d &#8211; ACN Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pope-francis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16313\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pope-francis.jpg\" alt=\"pope-francis\" width=\"877\" height=\"679\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Pope<\/strong><strong> urges<\/strong><strong> world leaders: &#8220;If you want to help Syrians, stop funding the war.&#8221;<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis has sent a video message to world leaders as\u00a0 a new campaign to promote peace in Syria is launched. \u201cWhile the people suffer, incredible quantities of money are being spent to supply weapons to fighters,\u201d said Francis. He observed that some of the countries supplying the weapons \u201care also among those that talk of peace. How can you believe in someone who caresses you with the right hand and strikes you with the left hand?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis said the\u201cunspeakable suffering\u201d of the conflict in Syria was a situation that \u201csaddens my heart a lot.\u201d He\u00a0 described the Syrian people \u201cas victims who were \u201cforced to survive under bombs or to find escape routes to other countries or areas of Syria that are less war-torn: to leave their own home, everything.\u201d Francis also gave his full support to the Christian communities in the region and highlighted the \u201cdiscrimination they have to bear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Pope invited Christians everywhere to pray for peace in Syria and for its citizens at prayer vigils, awareness-raising initiatives, in parishes and in communities, so that the message of peace, unity and hope is spread. \u201cWorks of peace then follow prayer,\u201d he said. The Pope urged those involved in peace negotiations \u201cto take these agreements seriously and to make every effort to facilitate access to humanitarian aid\u201d adding that everyone must recognize that \u201cthere is no military solution for Syria, but only a political solution.\u201d He stressed that the international community \u201cmust therefore support the peace talks heading towards the construction of a government of national unity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis encouraged people of all ages throughout the world to use the Holy Year of Mercy as an occasion to \u201covercome indifference and proclaim with strength that peace in Syria is possible! Peace in Syria is possible!\u201d He encouraged people at all levels of society to join forces and ensure that \u201cpeace in Syria is possible.\u201d That, he said, \u201cwill be a great example of mercy and love lived for the good of all the international community!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Syrian civil war has claimed the lives of more than 270,000 people in the\u00a0 past five years. There are more than 4.6 million Syrian refugees in nearby countries, and an additional 8 million Syrians have been internally displaced by the war. Assisting the victims of war in Syria is among the largest humanitarian aid projects undertaken by ACN. \u00a0We provide food, housing, education, healthcare \u00a0and psychological help to refugees and people in besieged or heavily bombed towns.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>ACN Malta<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Pope urges world leaders: &#8220;If you want to help Syrians, stop funding the war.&#8221; &nbsp; Pope Francis has sent a video message to world leaders as\u00a0 a new campaign to promote peace in Syria is launched. \u201cWhile the people suffer, incredible quantities of money are being spent to supply weapons to fighters,\u201d said&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-e-newsletters"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SYRIA - Pope urges world leaders: \u201cStop funding the war!\u201d - ACN Malta - Aid to the Church in Need (Malta)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2016\/07\/13\/syria-pope-urges-world-leaders-stop-funding-the-war-acn-malta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SYRIA - Pope urges world leaders: \u201cStop funding the war!\u201d - ACN Malta - Aid to the Church in Need (Malta)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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