{"id":20811,"date":"2016-11-10T08:04:48","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T08:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=18602"},"modified":"2016-11-10T08:04:48","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T08:04:48","slug":"popes-envoy-says-peace-stifled-by-lack-of-political-will-acn-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2016\/11\/10\/popes-envoy-says-peace-stifled-by-lack-of-political-will-acn-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope\u2019s envoy says peace stifled by lack of \u2018political will\u2019 -ACN Malta\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">MIDDLE EAST &#8211; <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pope\u2019s envoy says peace stifled by lack of \u2018political will\u2019<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Archbishop Alberto Ortega, the Pope&#8217;s Apostolic Nuncio in Iraq and Jordan, stated that in order for current conflicts destroying much of the Middle East to come to an end, \u201cthere is first of all the political will &#8230;. If the international community, if they really want to make peace, to promote peace, they can engage more intensively and to reach the agreements necessary to reach peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mgr Ortega stressed the importance of dialogue but said that for dialogue to succeed we must \u201cput aside personal interests or the interests of a group or of a country, (and) put in the center the attention to the people, to every single person, because behind all these numbers\u2026there are concrete people with a face and a family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said Christians can play a \u201cvery important role\u201d among strong feelings of\u00a0 mistrust and betrayal as a result of the drawn-out humanitarian crisis by acting as a sign of reconciliation where political efforts continue to fall short.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if as a number they are a minority, they can play a very important role as wielders of reconciliation, of peace, of unity, as they have done in the past,\u201d he said, adding that \u201cthey have always been a factor of stability and a factor of development in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Archbishop spoke about how each person can work to overcome the general attitude of mistrust that has developed in the region, explaining that peace can and must be achieved at both a political and individual level.<\/p>\n<p>Learning to trust again is a big challenge but it is the only way he believes. \u201cIn this aspect, in this Year of Mercy, mercy is the solution to the problems. Because after so many years of tensions, of conflicts, you need to move forward and the only way is to forgive. At the end, mercy is the only way to reconciliation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Political will is important because if the international community really wants to promote peace, they can engage more intensively to reach the agreements necessary for peace. Dialogue is so important, and the need to put aside personal interests or the interests of a group or of a country.<\/p>\n<p>Mgr\u00a0 Ortega declared that more attention should be focussed on the people, on every single person, because behind all these numbers of people suffering, there are real people with a face and a family, and every one of them is important. He believes if we put people in the main point of reference, it would not be so difficult to reach an agreement to obtain peace and stability.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>ACN Malta<\/strong><\/em><strong><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIDDLE EAST &#8211; Pope\u2019s envoy says peace stifled by lack of \u2018political will\u2019 &nbsp; Archbishop Alberto Ortega, the Pope&#8217;s Apostolic Nuncio in Iraq and Jordan, stated that in order for current conflicts destroying much of the Middle East to come to an end, \u201cthere is first of all the political will &#8230;. 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