Pope Francis today asked those who have an “interest” in wars to “listen to the voice of conscience” at the end of the year and have “the courage” to ask ourselves how many lives were lost in these conflicts. “At the end of the year, let us have the courage to ask ourselves how many lives were taken by armed conflicts, how many deaths, how much destruction and suffering or how much poverty”, appealed the pontiff after praying the Angelus prayer in the window of the Apostolic Palace, adding: “Whoever is interested in these conflicts must listen to the voice of conscience”.The Pope had already lamented the wave of violence that shook Nigeria this Christmas and asked for May God free the country “from these horrors” and remembered “the martyred” peoples of Ukraine, Israel, Palestine and Sudan, also asking not to forget the Rohingya, the Muslim ethnic group in Myanmar subject to persecution and harassment.During the Angelus message, Pope Francis also asked parents if in their daily life they “find time” to play with their children.”I ask you, fathers and mothers, if you find time to play with your children. your children or to take them for a walk. Yesterday I spoke to someone on the phone and asked him where he was. She replied that she was on the street with her children. It is a beautiful fatherhood and motherhood”, he declared. Francis reflected on this issue before the prayer of the last Angelus and on the last day of the year, on which the Catholic Church celebrates the Holy Family, and recommended that we keep “the ability to wonder” so that family relationships can be positive.”The ability to wonder can be a secret to getting along well in the family, not getting used to the normality of things”, he advised from the window of the Apostolic Palace at around 20 thousand faithful who listened to him from St. Peter’s Square, according to data from the Vatican Gendarmerie. Francis said that “it is good for couples to know how to surprise themselves with their own spouse, for example, by holding their hand or looking at them in the eyes for a moment, at night, with tenderness”.(RM /NMinuto)Source:Rádio Moçambique Online
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