On 21 April, the world lost not just a religious leader but a rare voice of moral courage who used his platform to speak truth to power and whose words now belong to all who fight for a world where justice is not selective.
Pope Francis (1936-2025) was an avid advocate for the oppressed and never shied away from calling out injustice wherever he saw it, even with topics that others in positions of power avoided, whether the three-decade foreign-backed war over minerals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or the almost 77-year Israeli occupation of Palestine.
As leader of the Holy See, he often called for a just peace, reminding us that while all people have the same rights, some do not see it as such, which is the root of the chaos we see in the world.
In today's Wednesday's Wisdom, we remember these words from his 11 May 2015 address at the Paul VI Hall, to 7,000 children of the Italy-based initiative Peace Factory, that authentic peace requires justice.
Ahmed Kaballo
On 21 April, the world lost not just a religious leader but a rare voice of moral courage who used his platform to speak truth to power and whose words now belong to all who fight for a world where justice is not selective.
Pope Francis (1936-2025) was an avid advocate for the oppressed and never shied away from calling out injustice wherever he saw it, even with topics that others in positions of power avoided, whether the three-decade foreign-backed war over minerals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or the almost 77-year Israeli occupation of Palestine.
As leader of the Holy See, he often called for a just peace, reminding us that while all people have the same rights, some do not see it as such, which is the root of the chaos we see in the world.
In today's Wednesday's Wisdom, we remember these words from his 11 May 2015 address at the Paul VI Hall, to 7,000 children of the Italy-based initiative Peace Factory, that authentic peace requires justice.
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