Pope Francis has joined the United Nations’ calls for a global ceasefire in the face of the new coronavirus pandemic.
“In these past days, the secretary general of the United Nations launched an appeal for an ‘immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world’, invoking the current COVID-19 crisis, which does not recognize borders. An appeal for a total ceasefire,” Pope Francis said during his Angelus prayer on March 29.
“I myself join those who have welcomed this appeal and I invite everyone to follow it up by ceasing any form of hostility, promoting the creation of humanitarian aid routes, openness to diplomacy, and attentiveness to those who find themselves in situations of grave vulnerability,” he said.
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