Pope Francisco offered Sunday a Christmas hope for peace in a world torn apart by war and terrorism, urging people to remember immigrants, refugees and those affected by the economic instability caused by the "idolatry of 'money" .
Francis, marking the fourth holiday season since his election in 2013, also urged the Palestinians and Israelis, faced with renewed pressure after a UN resolution condemning the Israeli settlements on occupied lands, to have the courage to Set aside hate and vengeance and "write a new page of the story."
Its traditional "Urbi and Orbi" (to the city and the world) was bound by a common thread of war, violence and suffering in a moment that must be defined by harmony and peace symbolized by the child Jesus.
"Peace to those who have lost a person who is dear as a result of brutal acts of terrorism that have sown fear and death in the heart of so many countries and cities," he said some 40,000 people gathered In the Plaza de San Pedro.
Security was intensified during the Christmas weekend in Italy and the Vatican after the Italian police killed the man believes responsible for the attack on the truck market of Berlin, while other European cities have kept Their forces on alert.
"Today, this (peace) message goes to the ends of the earth to reach all people, especially those marked by bitter wars and conflicts that seem stronger than the desire for peace, He said, speaking in Italian from the balcony St. Peter's Basilica Central.
He called for peace in Syria, calling for the city's impoverished immediate population of aid from Aleppo, where Syrian government forces recovered last week after four years of devastating fighting with the rebels.
"It is time that weapons still remain (in Syria), and the international community actively seeking a negotiated solution to civilian coexistence can be re-established in the country," he said.
Francisco, the first Latin American pope also said that Christmas should inspire everyone to help the less fortunate, including migrants, refugees and those who have been affected by social and economic disruption.
"Peace to those who suffer because of the economic ambitions of some, because of the cupidity and idolatry of money, which leads to slavery," he said.
In his Christmas Mass on Saturday, Francisco said the party had been "taken hostage" by the sumptuous materialism that puts God in the shadows. On Sunday, he also called for the end of "fundamentalist terrorism" in Nigeria, a reference to Boko Haram, which killed 15,000 people and displaced more than two million during a seven-year insurrection to create an Islamic state. .
Francisco also called for the end of tensions between the government and the opposition in Venezuela for harmony in Colombia, which recently ended a civil war with the FARC guerrillas and the end of the fighting in the Korean Peninsula and Myanmar.
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