Editorial

15:26 JST, April 24, 2025

Warfare has not ceased in the world, and many lives have been lost. Amid an unprecedented deepening crisis, his appeal for peace was extremely serious.

Pope Francis, the leader of the Catholic Church, passed away.

He was hospitalized in February and was reportedly critically ill for some time, but he recovered. And just a day before his death, he appeared before his followers at the Vatican and issued a statement on Easter.

In the statement, he said, “Peace is possible” and called for a cessation of fighting in the Palestinian territory of Gaza. He urged the countries concerned to work hard to achieve a fair and lasting peace in Ukraine.

The pope’s “will,” in which he continued to voice his hope for peace right up to the moment of his........

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