“Let us learn from the embrace of these two greats of the Church on the path towards Christian unity, praying together, walking together, working together,” he added.
In that sense, Pope Francis asked that “this historic gesture of fraternity carried out in Jerusalem” encourages us to continue praying “for peace, for peace in the Middle East, in Palestine, in Israel, in Ukraine, in the entire world.”
“So many victims of wars, so many deaths, so much destruction… Let us pray for peace. “I express my closeness to the Iranian people, especially to the families of the numerous victims of the Kerman terrorist attack, to the many injured and to all those affected by this great pain,” he expressed.