A "heart-felt" appeal to "lay down arms and go the way of dialogue and reconciliation". It was made to Chad by the Pope, at the end of today’s general audience, the first one in Lenten time. "Over these days said Benedict XVI before greeting the Italian-speaking devotees I have been particularly close to the beloved populations of Chad, upset by painful internecine fights, which have caused many victims and the flight of thousands of civilians from the capital". "I entrust to your prayer and to your solidarity as well went on the Pontiff these brothers and sisters who suffer, asking to spare them any further violence and give them the humanitarian aids they need, while I make a heart-felt appeal to lay down arms and go the way of dialogue and reconciliation".
