{"id":28342,"date":"2018-04-24T06:52:34","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T06:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=28342"},"modified":"2018-04-24T11:35:08","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T11:35:08","slug":"syria-we-need-peace-please-pray-for-us-urgent-appeal-from-archbishop-arbach-monica-zorita-acn-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2018\/04\/24\/syria-we-need-peace-please-pray-for-us-urgent-appeal-from-archbishop-arbach-monica-zorita-acn-international\/","title":{"rendered":"SYRIA\u00a0: \u201cWe need peace. Please pray for us!\u201d &#8211; urgent appeal from Archbishop Arbach Monica Zorita &#8211; ACN international"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2 class=\"null\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>SYRIA<br \/>\n\u201cWe need peace. Please pray for us!\u201d &#8211; urgent appeal from Archbishop Arbach<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Following the latest attacks in Syria, one of the country\u2019s leading bishops has issued an impassioned plea for peace \u2013 saying that the country needs prayer and not further violence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Melkite Archbishop Jean Abdou Arbach of Homs, Hama, and Yabroud told Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need that after seven years of war \u2013 and the latest bombing raids on the country \u2013 Syrians are tired of the conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Archbishop Arbach said: \u201cPeople cannot take any more. They simply want to live an ordinary life, to sleep peacefully in their beds and wake up and go to work, and not to the sound of falling bombs. It is enough \u2013 it is too much.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The archbishop called for everyone around the world to pray for the Syrian people and for lasting peace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He said: \u201cWe want and we need peace \u2013 please pray for us. We need prayers, prayers and more prayers. \u00a0It is the only thing that can bring us unity in this country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He added that Pope Francis had also asked for prayers for the situation in Syria. On Sunday (15<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0April), Pope Francis said: \u201cI am deeply disturbed by the present world situation, in which notwithstanding the instruments at the disposition of the international community, it struggles to agree on a common action in favour of peace in Syria and in other regions of the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He added: \u201cI pray incessantly for peace, and I invite all people of good will to continue to do the same. I appeal anew to all responsible political leaders, so that justice and peace may prevail.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Archbishop Arbach added: \u201cWhat was the point of this war? Everything has been destroyed, there are millions of refugees\u2026 If only the politicians of the world would work for peace and not for war.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ACN is helping with projects in Homs including scholarships for 4,000 students and the provision of essential foodstuffs and medicines. The charity is also supporting repair of homes and Church buildings. Archbishop Arbach said that up to 80 percent of churches and catechetical <\/span>centres<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> in his archdiocese have already been rebuilt.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Monica Zorita \u2013 ACN International<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYRIA \u201cWe need peace. 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