On Sunday the 1st December, a bomb fell on part of the College of the Holy Land of the Franciscans in Aleppo; there were no deaths or injuries. “Our friars and the faithful of the parish are all well. From our Curia we are in constant contact with them. For now, they are reporting to us a growing tension and fear among the civilian population of Aleppo for the unpredictable developments of the ongoing conflict. We invite our friars, the Christians of the Holy Land, and all the churches to join us in praying for peace in Syria, tormented by long years of war and violence,” reads the statement on Syria by the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Patton.
We are close to the people of Aleppo, to the Christians and to our brothers who are well and who remain with the people. The Minister General, Fr. Massimo Fusarelli, hopes that the lives of people and religious and civil structures will be respected. Once again we make an appeal for prayer so that peace may come to all the places that are suffering from war.
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