“In the Gospel, Jesus speaks of a Samaritan who, moved by compassion, approaches a Jew whom bandits had left half dead on the side of the road. Let’s look at these two men. Their cultures were enemies, their stories were different and conflicting, but one becomes the brother of the other the moment he allows himself to be guided by the compassion he feels for him—we could say: he allows himself to be attracted by Jesus present in that wounded man.” , he highlighted.
Pope Francis encouraged the participants of the event not to be discouraged in working for peace and fraternity, and remembering number 198 of his encyclical Brothers allrecalled that “persistent and courageous dialogue is not news like disagreements and conflicts, but it discreetly helps the world to live better, much more than we may realize.”
“Dear brothers and sisters, war is a deception. War is always a defeat, as is the idea of international security based on the deterrent element of fear. “It is another deception,” he assured.