Photo: In this picture provided by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis is framed by a Christmas tree as he visits a ward at the Bambino Gesu’ pediatric hospital, in Rome, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013. Francis spent three hours visiting patients and their families and is the fifth pontiff to visit the hospital, which is controlled by the Vatican’s secretary of state.
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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis urged anti-austerity
protesters who attended his weekly Angelus blessing to use dialogue and
not violence to press their demands.
Addressing a group of protesters among the pilgrims gathered Sunday in St. Peter’s Square, the pope appealed for “a constructive contribution, rejecting the temptation for conflict and violence and following always the path of dialogue.”
Addressing a group of protesters among the pilgrims gathered Sunday in St. Peter’s Square, the pope appealed for “a constructive contribution, rejecting the temptation for conflict and violence and following always the path of dialogue.”
The pope read aloud one of their banners: “The
poor cannot wait.” He urged everyone from charities to Italian
authorities “to do everything possible so that every family can have a
house” this holiday season.
Protests aimed at impressing upon Italian leaders the pain inflicted
on ordinary people by the country’s economic crisis have been under way
across the country for two weeks. Some of them have erupted into
violence.
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