24 January 2018 | Address of His Holiness

ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE YAZIDI COMMUNITY LIVING IN GERMANY

Room adjacent to Paul VI Audience Hall

[…] I am also thinking of the members of your community who are still in the hands
of terrorists: I earnestly hope that everything possible may be done to save them,
as well as to find those who have disappeared and to identify and ensure an
appropriate burial for those who have been killed. The international community
cannot remain a silent and inactive spectator in the face of your crisis. Therefore I
encourage the institutions and people of good will who belong to other communities
to contribute to the rebuilding of your houses and your places of worship. May no
concrete effort be spared to create the necessary conditions for refugees to return to
their homes and to preserve the identity of the Yazidi community.
May God help us to build together a world where it is possible to live in peace and
fraternity. […]