JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO BARI ADDRESS OF THE POPE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE DIALOGUE
Esplanade of the Basilica of Saint Nicholas
[…]
Hope has the face of children. In the Middle East, for years, an appalling number of
young people mourn violent deaths in their families and see their native land
threatened, often with their only prospect being that of flight. This is the death of
hope. All too many children have spent most of their lives looking at rubble instead
of schools, hearing the deafening explosion of bombs rather than the happy din of
playgrounds. May humanity listen – this is my plea – to the cry of children, whose
mouths proclaim the glory of God (cf. Ps 8:3). Only by wiping away their tears will
the world recover its dignity. […]
