{"id":47004,"date":"2023-08-15T17:30:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T17:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places"},"modified":"2023-08-15T17:51:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T17:51:28","slug":"pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis prays for peace in &#8220;war lacerated places&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Pope Francis implored the Virgin Mary for peace in Ukraine and other war lacerated places in the world on Tuesday during a special prayer marking the Feast of the Assumption.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Assumption marks Mary\u2019s ascension to heaven, an important holiday for the 1.3 billion catholic believers worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today we will trust in Holy Saint Mary and implore her for peace in Ukraine, in all the places lacerated by war, there are many, unfortunately. The noise of weapons covers the attempts for dialogue. The right to use force prevails over (human) rights. But we will not become discouraged. We will continue to hope and pray because God is the one who guides history, and who listens to us. Today, the day of our Lady, I greet the young people of the Immacolata,&#8221; said the Pope.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of faithful from around the world gathered below the window of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican to hear the Pope deliver his message.<\/p>\n<p>The Pontiff concluded his remarks by asking the faithful to pray for him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\">Zambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. Pope Francis implored the Virgin Mary for peace in Ukraine and other war lacerated places in the world on Tuesday during a special prayer marking the Feast of the Assumption. Assumption marks Mary\u2019s ascension to heaven, an important holiday for the 1.3 billion catholic believers worldwide. &#8220;Today we will trust in Holy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":47003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[234,235,4922,5176,5175,5051,233],"class_list":["post-47004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-culture-and-art","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-mediterranean-sea","tag-migrants","tag-pope","tag-pope-francis","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pope Francis prays for peace in &quot;war lacerated places&quot; - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pope Francis implored the Virgin Mary for peace in Ukraine and other war lacerated places in the world on Tuesday dur ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pope Francis prays for peace in &quot;war lacerated places&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pope Francis implored the Virgin Mary for peace in Ukraine and other war lacerated places in the world on Tuesday dur ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-08-15T17:30:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-15T17:51:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/08\/sm_1692105582.381243.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"538\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Pope Francis prays for peace in &#8220;war lacerated places&#8221;\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-15T17:30:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-15T17:51:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places\"},\"wordCount\":192,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/08\/sm_1692105582.381243.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Mediterranean Sea\",\"Migrants\",\"Pope\",\"Pope Francis\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"culture and art\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places\",\"name\":\"Pope Francis prays for peace in \\\"war lacerated places\\\" - Zambia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/08\/sm_1692105582.381243.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-15T17:30:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-15T17:51:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Pope Francis implored the Virgin Mary for peace in Ukraine and other war lacerated places in the world on Tuesday dur ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/08\/sm_1692105582.381243.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/08\/sm_1692105582.381243.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":538,\"caption\":\"Pope Francis prays for peace in \\\"war lacerated places\\\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pope Francis prays for peace in &#8220;war lacerated places&#8221;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/\",\"name\":\"Zambia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pope Francis prays for peace in \"war lacerated places\" - Zambia","description":"Pope Francis implored the Virgin Mary for peace in Ukraine and other war lacerated places in the world on Tuesday dur ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pope Francis prays for peace in \"war lacerated places\"","og_description":"Pope Francis implored the Virgin Mary for peace in Ukraine and other war lacerated places in the world on Tuesday dur ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places","og_site_name":"Zambia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-08-15T17:30:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-08-15T17:51:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":538,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/08\/sm_1692105582.381243.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Pope Francis prays for peace in &#8220;war lacerated places&#8221;","datePublished":"2023-08-15T17:30:15+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-15T17:51:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places"},"wordCount":192,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/08\/sm_1692105582.381243.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Zambia","Mediterranean Sea","Migrants","Pope","Pope Francis","Zambia"],"articleSection":["all news","culture and art"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places","name":"Pope Francis prays for peace in \"war lacerated places\" - Zambia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/08\/sm_1692105582.381243.jpg","datePublished":"2023-08-15T17:30:15+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-15T17:51:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Pope Francis implored the Virgin Mary for peace in Ukraine and other war lacerated places in the world on Tuesday dur ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/08\/sm_1692105582.381243.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/08\/sm_1692105582.381243.jpg","width":1024,"height":538,"caption":"Pope Francis prays for peace in \"war lacerated places\""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pope-francis-prays-for-peace-in-war-lacerated-places#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pope Francis prays for peace in &#8220;war lacerated places&#8221;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/","name":"Zambia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}