“In us there is still the spirit of Cain who is thinking of eliminating his brother”
Are approximately 100 thousand faithful who participated in allUrbi et Orbi from Pope francesco in the Vatican. It was full not only St. Peter’s Square but also all of Via della Conciliazione up to Castel Sant’Angelo.
“Let there be rhythm for the battered Ukraineso severely tested by the violence and destruction of the raw and senseless war in which it was dragged. Upon this terrible night of suffering and death, a new dawn of hope soon dawns! Peace be chosen. Stop flexing your muscles, people suffer “. The Pope said so.” Who is responsible for Nations listen to the rhythm grid of people. Listen to that disturbing question posed by the other nearly seventy years: ‘Will we put an end to mankind, or will humanity be able to give up war?’ “He said, quoting the Russell-Einstein Manifesto of 1955.
Peace is “possible”. This is what the Pope says. “Every war brings with it the aftermath they involve all of humanity: from mourning to the drama of refugees, to the economic and food crisis of which we can already see the signs. In the face of the continuing signs of war, as well as of the many and painful defeats of life, Christ, the victor of sin, fear and death, exhorts us not to surrender to evil and violence “.
“Let us allow ourselves to be overcome by the peace of Christ! Peace is possible, peace is a mustpeace is everyone’s primary responsibility! “, he said in Urbi et Orbi message. The Pope added that “we have behind us two years of pandemicthat have left heavy marks. It was time to get out of the tunnel togetherhand in hand, putting together strengths and resources … And instead we are showing that the spirit of Jesus is not yet in us, there is still the spirit of Cainwho looks at Abel not as a brother, but as a rival, and thinks about how to eliminate him “.