CatholicOnline: “The voice of Christians – said the Patriarch – is that of the Holy Father. At this time we must be pragmatic. Syria needs stability and an armed attack against the government really has no sense at all”.
Gregory III asks, “What or who have led Syria to this thin red line, this point of no return? Who created this hell in which our people have been living for months?”. “Every day – he explains – Islamic extremists from all over the world are pouring into Syria with the sole intent to kill and not one country has done anything to stop them, even the U.S. has decided to send in more weapons.” The prelate stresses that the planned U.S. attack will affect the Syrian population above all and is no less serious than the use of chemical weapons. Read more here.
