The Pope: world torn apart by scars wars and inequalities

"The call to common witness finds powerful expression in the theme chosen for this Ecumenical Week: 'Time for God's Peace'.The message could not be more timely: our world bears the deep scars of conflict, inequality, environmental degradation and a growing sense of spiritual disconnection." "In the midst of these challenges" "Christ's followers are called to become builders of reconciliation: to confront division with courage, indifference with compassion, to bring healing where there have been wounds". Thus the Pope in a message to the ecumenical meeting in Stockholm.

Benedict XIV has called for a day of fasting and prayer for peace on 22 August, in particular for the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, with the intention of promoting what he calls a 'disarming and disarming' peace, capable of educating to justice and mercy.

Leo XIV, in his last public outings, asked all believers to respect the liturgical memory of the Blessed Virgin Mary Queen on the occasion of fasting. "Fasting and prayer, beseeching the Lord to grant us peace and justice, and to wipe away the tears of those who suffer as a result of the current armed conflicts. Pray much for peace', to nourish hope, which is there.