Pope Francis: It's A Christmas That Ends, War Christmas

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JAKARTA - Pope Francis has not stopped voicing peace amid no sign that the Ukraine-Russia war will stop. For Pope Francis, this time is a sad Christmas.

He explicitly said, there is much that can be done to stop the Third World War little by little.

Jeoada reporter Italia Fabio Marchese Ragona yang newancaranya, Paus Fransiskus menawarkan pemikirannya tentang penyebaran perangan di dunia.

Pope Francis spoke on Sunday on Italian television about some of the latest topics in an interview with Vatican reporter Fabio Marchese Ragona, in the program "I l Natale che vorrei" (Christmas I want), as quoted by Vatican News, Monday 19 December.

The Holy Father spoke of various important topics, ranging from war to the poor and the World Cup.

Pope Francis noted that humans live in a third world war. Although Ukraine feels closer, there has been a terrible war in Syria for 13 years, as well as in Myanmar and a number of countries in Africa.

"The world is at war," he said.

Pope Francis then pointed to something that made him very worried, indifferent. In the presence of so many poor people, refugees and people suffering from this Christmas, there is a terrible indifferent attitude, the Pope said.

"The worst thing that can happen to us is to look away," the Pope said.

"Please measure Christmas spending, limit it," he said.

"This is a sad Christmas, a war Christmas. There are people who are starving. Please be heartened and don't spend time as if nothing happened."