Source: Asia News
On the ninetieth anniversary of the Virgin’s apparition at Fatima, Benedict XVI launched a strong appeal for the release of two Iraqi priests kidnapped in Mosul, Iraq, and for peace throughout the region. “Every day, news continues to pour in from Iraq, - he told the 40 thousand people present in Rome to recite the Angelus and the hundreds of thousands listening in a live link up from Fatima – grave reports of attacks and violence, which shake the conscience of all who care for peace in the region. Among these reports – he added – I have learned today of the kidnapping of two good priests in Mosul, who are being threatened with death. I appeal to their abductors to immediately release these two men of religion”. Reiterating that “violence cannot resolve conflicts” the pope concluded with a “heartfelt prayer that they may soon be freed and that all those who are suffering may soon have peace”.