Pope urges end to ‘clash of arms’ in Syria, Yemen, Libya

Pope Francis calls for an end of violence in Syria, Yemen and Libya in his Easter Sunday address and condemns as “scandalous” the continued armed conflicts around the world.

“May Christ our peace finally bring an end to the clash of arms in beloved and war-torn Syria, where millions of people are presently living in inhumane conditions; in Yemen, whose situation has met with a deafening and scandalous silence; and in Libya, where at last there is hope,” the pope says at St. Peter’s Basilica.

Pope Francis delivers the Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, February 28, 2021. (Gregorio Borgia/AP)

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