Pope: 'War never again!'
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September 2nd, 2013
11:39 AM ET
By Daniel Burke, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor
(CNN) - As President Obama rallies support for a military strike on Syria, Pope Francis condemned chemical weapons and called for an international day of fasting and prayer to press for a peaceful resolution to Syria's escalating civil war.
The pope tweeted an anti-war message to his nearly 3 million Twitter followers on Monday, repeating a theme he has sounded with increasing urgency in recent days.
On Sunday, Francis devoted much of his Angelus address in Rome to Syria.
"There are so many conflicts in this world which cause me great suffering and worry," the pope said, "but in these days my heart is deeply wounded in particular by what is happening in Syria and anguished by the dramatic developments which are looming."
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