Pope urges victims, ex-fighters to forgive

VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia — Pope Francis brought together thousands of victims of Colombia’s half-century-long conflict with their former victimizers, presiding over a prayer for reconciliation Friday in hopes of solidifying the country’s peace process and healing still-fresh wounds.

Francis flew into an area once besieged by leftist rebels to pray with victims and urge them to overcome their grief by forgiving their assailants. And he urged the ex-fighters to have the courage to seek that forgiveness, saying peace will fail unless both sides reconcile.

Francis has made reconciliation the central theme of his five-day trip.

The event drew thousands of victims from all walks of life: soldiers who lost limbs clearing land mines, mothers whose children were forcibly recruited by the rebels never to be seen again, and farmers driven off their land by the right-wing paramilitaries. area behind a strip mall in New Britain. Three bodies were found in 2007, and the other remains were discovered in 2015. “disappointed” and “embarrassed” by the language Trump used.

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