Stop all wars, stop the logic of hatred and violence. And a praise for generosity, in the form of a censure of avarice. Pope Francis, during and at the end of yesterday's general audience at the Vatican, reviewed issues of closer geopolitical relevance and sentences that "war is a denial of humanity''. He called for prayers for peace "so that conflicts may cease, so that weapons may be stopped and the already exhausted populations may be helped". The thought is explicitly directed to the Middle East, Palestine, Israel, but also "to the tormented Ukraine. Especially for the bombings that hit places frequented by civilians sowing death, destruction and suffering. I pray for the victims and their loved ones, I implore those with political responsibility, to guard human life by putting an end to wars. War is always a defeat, the only winners are the weapons manufacturers”. Pope Francis also addressed Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is celebrated on January 27 in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. "May the remembrance and condemnation of that horrible extermination of millions of Jews and people of other faiths," the Pope explained, "help everyone not to forget that the logics of hatred and violence can never be justified, because they deny our very humanity. Then praise for generosity. Let us be careful and be generous, with everyone and with those who need us most," the Pontiff urged, "The life of the miser is ugly, it is folly. Attachment to possessions according to the Pope takes away freedom, and in this claim lurks a sick relationship with reality, which can result in forms of compulsive hoarding or pathological accumulation".
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