“I want to underline and reiterate my closeness to all the victims of the inhuman conflict in Syria”. Pope Francis said this at the end of his weekly general audience today, before greeting the Italian-speaking faithful. Again he made an appeal for Syria: “It is with a sense of urgency that I renew my appeal, begging those responsible, with all my strength, to impose and respect an immediate ceasefire, at least for the time necessary to enable the evacuation of civilians, especially children, who are still trapped under cruel bombardments”.
