Pope urges end to hostilities in South Ossetia
Posted on August 11th, 2008 by Administrator
BRESSANONE, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI has urged an “immediate” end to hostilities in South Ossetia and the start of negotiations between Russia and Georgia over the contested province.
Following a weekly Sunday prayer, Benedict called on all sides to refrain “from further confrontations and violent retaliations that could degenerate into a wider conflict.”
The pope urged the international community to “make every effort” to encourage both sides to reach a peaceful solution. He said Roman Catholics were joining Orthodox Christians in praying for such an outcome.
Benedict spoke to a crowd in Bressanone, a town in the Italian Alps where he is spending a two-week vacation.
From Associated Press.
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