September 10, 2017
Pope Francis (click here) lost his balance while riding in the popemobile through a crowd in Cartagena, Colombia, on Sunday, bruising his left cheekbone and eyelid, but he was not seriously hurt.
The Vatican said he received ice treatment and was fine to continue on his trip.
Video images showed the pope hitting the left side of his face against a vertical bar of the popemobile, a specially designed open-top vehicle that allows the pontiff to stand and greet the faithful as his motorcade advances....
He has become a peace broker. He issued help between Cuba and the USA and now another success in Columbia. The language used is rather interesting. The word "construct" is instrumental in the dialogue. "Construct the peace within our communities and schools,..." I suppose Pope Francis is correct in recognizing the fact peace is a conscience effort and doesn't occur simply because the conditions are right. The conscience effort is constructed with correct words, the idea there is no military might involved and the movement by all parties to pillar of support to evolve a lasting peace.
The correct words.
The correct dialogue.
The complete and absolute rejection of war.
I guess it takes faith in all parties to move out of fear into trust.
September 10, 2017
By Delia Gallagher
Cartegena, Colombia - Pope Francis' final day in Colombia (click here) got off to a bumpy start when he hit his head inside the Popemobile as it traveled down the streets of Cartegena, cutting his eyebrow and bruising his cheek.
After the application of some ice and a butterfly bandage to the eyebrow, the Vatican said the Pope was fine and he continued his full schedule Sunday in this historic town on the Caribbean sea.
Francis had come to Colombia to talk about peace, and from Cartegena he extended that message to neighboring Venezuela.
"From this city, seat of human rights," the Pope said, "I make an appeal that all types of violence in political life be renounced."
Cartagena, where missionary priests worked on behalf of slaves and the oppressed in the 17th century, has become known as a hub of human rights advocacy in Colombia....
