Pope Francis also used his moral authority to appeal for an end to conflict for the sake of the world‘s children. „Stop, please stop! I beg you with all my heart,“ he told a massed gathering of pilgrims at the Vatican.

„I think of the children, who are robbed of the hope of a dignified life, of a future. Dead children, wounded children, mutilated children, orphans, children who, for toys, have the debris of war. Children who do not know how to smile,“ said the Pope.