February 1 - 15, 2016
PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY
Pope Francis tells world
leaders they must fix
problems plaguing the
Middle East’
Ahead of his trip to Mexico, Pope
Francis prayed that the international
community would aid Syrian refugees
seeking asylum in the West.
The pontiff made his comments
during his weekly address from
St. Peter’s Square, calling on the
“generous solidarity” of the world to
help those suffering in the war-torn
Middle East.
Francis told the audience
gathered at the Vatican that he was
concerned by “the dramatic fate of
civilian populations involved in heavy
fighting in Syria [who] are forced to
leave everything behind to escape the
horrors of war.”
“I hope that, with generous
solidarity, they are lent the necessary
help to ensure their survival and dignity
and I appeal to the international
community to not save any effort
to urgently bring [the parties] to the
negotiating table,” the pope added.
A “political solution of the