The Vatican - Archive's video: To Assisi to pray and weep together for peace

When Pope Francis entered the Piazza of St Francis on his arrival in Assisi, he surely had on his heart the words he had pronounced just a few hours earlier in the Chapel at the Casa Santa Marta: “There exists no god of war.” War is the work of “the evil one.” And so for people of all faiths, united in the conviction that “God is a God of peace”, it is necessary to pray, but also to weep, for peace. With this profound conviction, Pope Francis entered the Sacro Convento friary of Assisi to take part in the concluding day of the “Thirst for Peace: Religions and Cultures in Dialogue” Meeting. The event took place on the thirtieth anniversary of the historic first prayer of religions for peace, which was ...