Pope Francis calls for a day of prayer for peace on October 7, the anniversary of Hamas’s deadly attack on Israel, as tensions in the Middle East soar.
Throughout his 11-year papacy, Francis has called days of fasting and prayer for other conflicts, from Syria to Ukraine.
“On October 7, I ask everyone to live a day of prayer and fasting for peace in the world,” the 87-year-old pontiff says after a mass in St Peter’s Square.
“There is a need for this, especially in this dramatic hour of our history, while the winds of war and the fires of violence continue to disrupt entire peoples and nations,” he adds.
The pope, who will visit Rome’s Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore on Sunday to pray for peace, has repeatedly called for an end to conflict in the Middle East.
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