{"id":44027,"date":"2016-02-09T15:26:30","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T13:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/?post_type=en-post&#038;p=44027"},"modified":"2021-09-09T17:01:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T15:01:54","slug":"syria-thousands-flee-aleppo-offensive-the-popes-new-call-for-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/en\/syria-thousands-flee-aleppo-offensive-the-popes-new-call-for-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria. Thousands flee Aleppo offensive. The Pope\u2019s new call for peace."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>I hope that, with generous solidarity, <strong>they are lent the necessary help to ensure their survival and dignity and I appeal to the international community to not save any effort to urgently bring to the negotiating table<\/strong>, the parties. Only a political solution of the conflict will be able to guarantee a future of reconciliation and peace in that beloved and martyred country\u201d. <\/em>During the Angelus Pope Francis calls for peace in Syria once more. The country is now experiencing a new wave of violence.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile <strong>Turkey<\/strong> says that the frontier <strong>remains shut<\/strong>, although there are <strong>thousands of Syrian refugees massing up at its borders<\/strong>. They are fleeing a Syrian government offensive on rebel-held positions near the northern city of Aleppo. In the past few days, the Syrian army &#8211; backed by Russian air strikes &#8211; has made a series of gains around Syria&#8217;s largest city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Most of the families no longer have a place to stay or to go to<\/strong>\u201d says Father Ibrhaim, pearson of Aleppo. \u201cThey don\u2019t have houses anymore, while the few remaining houses are without windows and doors. There are different levels of damage, <strong>but the worst part is the people\u2019s loss of hope<\/strong>. People don\u2019t know what to do anymore\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Amidst this new wave of violence the villages of the Saint Paul Region where <strong>the Friars of the Custody of the Holy Land<\/strong> live, \u201c<strong>have become a sort of symbol for the Syrian Christians<\/strong>\u201d, says Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Custos of the Holy Land. \u201cOur presence gives hope and courage to all the other communities\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>For this reason <strong>a new Friar<\/strong>, Father Louay Bhsarat, <strong>will join the community in Syria<\/strong>, to continue that \u201cChristian witness which is needed today\u201d. \u201c<strong>I invite everyone to pray for him<\/strong>\u201d the Custos said <strong>\u201cas well as for his parishioners, for all the Friars and the Syrian population. I hope this war will soon come to an end\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/project\/en\/syria-aleppo-the-emergency-centre\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Help the Franciscan Communities in Syria!<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hope that, with generous solidarity, they are lent the necessary help to ensure their survival and dignity and I appeal to the international community to not save any effort to urgently bring to the negotiating table, the parties. 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