Pontiff issues pleas to warring factions during mass in Cuba,where talks absorb been ongoing for more than two years between Farc and Colombian governmentPope Francis has begged Colombia’s government and leftist rebels to finish Latin America’s longest-running war, warning that failure is not an option in ongoing negotiations to stop the country’s bloodshed.
A day after making a personal appeal to the US and Cuban leaders to finish their half-century of estrangement, and Francis issued his plea to Colombia’s warring factions from Revolution Plaza at the finish of his Sunday mass.
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Source: theguardian.com