Pope Francis: Syrians tormented by “globalization of indifference”

Pope Francis: Syrians tormented by “globalization of indifference” May 30, 2014

The Vatican, (SANA) A “globalization of indifference” has swept so many of the world’s people, numbing them to the horrifying reality faced by the people of Syria and other innocent victims of war and violence around the world, Pope Francis has said. With the Syrian conflict continuing for more than three years, “there is a risk of becoming used to it” and forgetting that people are dying there each day, the Pope said in a message to participants at a Vatican-hosted meeting for Catholic aid agencies. The Pontifical Council Cor Unum, which promotes and coordinates Catholic charitable activity, brought together two dozen Catholic relief and development agencies that are working in Syria or with Syrian refugees. The meeting was designed to help them work together more efficiently and reach more people in need. In his message to the Catholic charities, Pope Francis expressed his “great sadness” that the Syrian conflict continues, creating “unspeakable suffering and thousands of refugees, including the elderly and children, who suffer and sometimes die of hunger and war-related illnesses.” M. Ismael