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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “War is always a defeat,” Pope Francis said, urging people at his general audience to pray that leaders in war-torn nations would have the courage to negotiate for peace.
“We must make every effort to discuss, to negotiate to end war. Let’s pray for this,” the pope said at the end of the audience in St. Peter’s Square March 20.
Although he began the audience by telling the visitors and pilgrims that he was still unable to read his full speech and would have an aide read it for him, Pope Francis took the microphone at the end of the gathering to greet Italian speakers and to pray for “the populations of the tormented Ukraine and the Holy Land — Palestine and Israel — who suffer so much from the horror of war.”
Continuing his series of audience talks about virtuesand vices, the pope’s text said virtues have never been the concern of Christians alone, but “belong to the heritage of ancient wisdom.”
The pope’s main text focused on the virtue of prudence, which is not caution or hesitancy, he wrote.
“The prudent person is creative. He or she reasons, evaluates, tries to understand the complexity of reality and does not allow him- or herself to be overwhelmed by emotions, idleness, pressures and illusions,” the text said.
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“We must make every effort to discuss, to negotiate to end war. Let’s pray for this,” the pope said at the end of the audience in St. Peter’s Square March 20.
Although he began the audience by telling the visitors and pilgrims that he was still unable to read his full speech and would have an aide read it for him, Pope Francis took the microphone at the end of the gathering to greet Italian speakers and to pray for “the populations of the tormented Ukraine and the Holy Land — Palestine and Israel — who suffer so much from the horror of war.”
Continuing his series of audience talks about virtuesand vices, the pope’s text said virtues have never been the concern of Christians alone, but “belong to the heritage of ancient wisdom.”
The pope’s main text focused on the virtue of prudence, which is not caution or hesitancy, he wrote.
“The prudent person is creative. He or she reasons, evaluates, tries to understand the complexity of reality and does not allow him- or herself to be overwhelmed by emotions, idleness, pressures and illusions,” the text said.
Continued below.
At audience, pope takes a look at prudence
Continuing his series of audience talks about virtues and vices, the pope's text said virtues have never been the concern of Christians alone, but "belong to the heritage of ancient wisdom." The pope's main text focused on the virtue of prudence, which is not caution or hesitancy, he wrote.
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