Pope Francis: "I pray that Jerusalem might be a place of prayer and peace" Available in the following languages:
Pope Francis: "I pray that Jerusalem might be a place of prayer and peace"
VATICAN - On Sunday, May 9, 2021, Pope Francis appealed for calm in Jerusalem after the events of assault on Muslim worshippers by Israel in Al-Aqsa mosque and the possible forceful eviction of some families in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah.
“I pray that the city might be a place of encounter and not of violent clashes, a place of prayer and peace,” he said.
“I invite everyone to seek shared solutions, so that the multi-religious and multi-cultural identity of the Holy City might be respected and that fraternity might prevail,” said the Pope.
“Violence generates only violence,” he concluded. “Enough with the clashes.”
