Pope Francis has called for a day of prayer and fasting for on the 7th October, the one-year anniversary of the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. “In this dramatic hour of our history,” the Pope said, “while the winds of war and the fires of violence continue to devastate entire peoples and nations,” the Christian community is reminded of its call to “put itself at the service of humanity”. The Pope was speaking after Mass in St Peter’s Square for the opening of the second session of the General

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