“This afternoon, Sunday 1 December, during a bombing of the city of Aleppo, a bomb fell on the Franciscan complex of the Terra Santa College. Thanks to God, there were no fatalities or casualties, only the building was damaged. Our friars and the faithful of the parish are all well. We are in constant contact with them from our Curia. For the time being they are informing us of the growing tension and fear of the civil population of Aleppo for the unforeseeable developments of the confrontation underway. We invite our friars, the Christians of the Holy Land and all the churches to join us in prayer for peace in Syria, martyrized by long years of war and violence. The word of God of this first Sunday of Advent invites us to keep hope alive for a prospect of peace. Let us take this exhortation and pray that it be achieved for our Syrian brothers and sisters.”
Jerusalem, 1 December 2024
By custodia.org
