Pope appeals for peace in the
Middle East and Venezuela
After his Regina Caeli address in St Peter’s Square on
Pentecost Sunday, Pope Francis announced that he continues to pray for the
Middle East and expressed his hopes for Venezuela.
by Sr Bernadette Mary Reis, fsp
“Pentecost brings us at heart to Jerusalem”, Pope Francis
began after reciting the Regina Coeli with the faithful gathered in St Peter’s
Square on Pentecost Sunday.
Prayer for Peace in the Middle East
The Pope went on to say that he had followed spiritually a
prayer vigil for peace held in Jerusalem on the Vigil of Pentecost. “Let us
continue to pray today”, he invited those gathered, “that the Holy Spirit might
arouse the desire for and gestures of dialogue and reconciliation in the Holy
Land and in the entire Middle East”.
Beloved Venezuela
Pope Francis then turned his thoughts toward Venezuela which
he called “beloved”. He prayed that the Holy Spirit might give all the people
of Venezuela “the wisdom to find the path of peace and unity”. He ended this
thought praying for the inmates who died during a prison riot on Saturday night.
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