Pope Francis addresses the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Nov. 25, 2014. Credit: Alan Holdre/CNA.
amid a world rife with conflict
by Elise Harris
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Vatican City, Jan 12, 2015 / 07:54 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis told Vatican diplomats that peace – which is a communal responsibility – is the only solution to global issues like war, terrorism and social problems such as unemployment and slavery.
“Today I wish to repeat a word quite dear to us: peace!” the Pope told the diplomats on Jan. 12.
He said that peace is a common theme we think about during Christmas, but cautioned that the holiday also makes us think of “another tragic reality: that of rejection,” which is visible in Herod’s killing of the infants in Bethlehem as well as in Jesus’ ultimate death on the cross.
