The Holy See follows with great alarm and grief the incidents of growing, blind violence that bloody the Holy Land these days.
The Holy See follows with great alarm and grief the incidents of growing, blind violence that bloody the Holy Land these days. The Holy Father is close, especially with prayer, to innocent victims, their relatives and the peoples of that land, hostages of all those who have the illusion of being able to resolve the ever more dramatic problems of the region through force or unilaterally.
The Holy See appeals to the international community to rapidly activate the means necessary for humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian population, and associates itself in urging leaders of both peoples to observe above all due respect for human life, especially that of defenseless civilians and children, and that the path of negotiation be resumed with courage, which is the only path that can lead to the just and lasting peace to which all aspire.
