Stop the Wars, Pope Says in New Year Appeal

Pope Francis delivered an impassioned New Year's peace address on Wednesday, saying the heart of humanity seemed to have gone astray and too many people were still indifferent to war, violence and injustice. The pontiff, who took his papal name from St Francis of Assisi, the saint most associated with peace, urged the world to listen to the “cry for peace” from suffering peoples. ”What on Earth is happening in the hearts of men? What on Earth is happening in the heart of humanity?”...

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