Peace and hope: Cardinal PizzaBalla calls for sympathy

Peace and hope: Cardinal PizzaBalla calls for sympathy

Gaza, Palästinensische Gebiete - The Latin patriarch by Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, brought a shadow of hope in the abandoned and broken region of Gaza. In his Christmas message, which was prepared for December 24, 2024, the cardinal appealed to everyone after his emotional visit to the crisis region to everyone. "We need hope in this country, which is shaped by so much violence and hatred," says Pizzaballa and emphasizes the important gift of the incarnation of Christ as a symbol of closeness and striving for peace. As part of his visit, the patriarch not only witnessed the miserable human suffering, but also the strong desire of people for a peaceful future and the restoration of dignity and hope, as from reports .

pizzaBalla emphasized that the hygienic conditions in Gaza are catastrophic and that people, exhausted from constant destruction, nevertheless not answer the war with revenge, but with the longing for inner peace. "Everything in Gaza is destroyed, but people are not destroyed," he said, which demonstrates the remarkable resistance of the population. In addition, the patriarchy plans to reopen a school to offer the children in the region a perspective that has hardly had lessons in the past two years, as can be read in a Report by Domradio.de .

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