Ecumenical Meeting for Peace in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia, Awali. Photo: Vatican Media

From the Colosseum in Rome Pope Francis Warns Against Use of Atomic Weapons

“This evening, amid the silence of prayer, we have heard that plea for peace: a peace suppressed in so many areas of the world, violated by all too many acts of violence, and denied even to children and the elderly, who have not been spared the bitter sufferings of war,” said the Pope in his address during the International Prayer Meeting on the theme ”The Plea for Peace: Religions and Cultures in Dialogue.”