{"id":522111,"date":"2025-12-26T00:28:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T19:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=522111"},"modified":"2025-12-26T00:28:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T19:28:41","slug":"pope-condemns-open-wounds-of-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pope-condemns-open-wounds-of-wars\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope condemns \u2018open wounds\u2019 of wars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> VATICAN CITY<br \/>\nPope Leo XIV has condemned the \u201crubble and open wounds\u201d left behind by wars, singling out the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza as he conducted his first Christmas homily. Fragile is the flesh of defenceless populations, tried by so many wars, ongoing or concluded, leaving behind rubble and open wounds,\u201d the pope said at the mass in St Peter\u2019s Basilica.<br \/>\n\u201cHow [&#8230;] can we not think of the tents in Gaza, exposed for weeks to rain, wind and cold,\u201d he said. Meanwhile, Israel\u2019s parliament gave the initial go-ahead for a government-empowered inquiry into the surprise October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas on southern Israel rather than the expected independent investigation demanded by families of the victims.<br \/>\nPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has resisted calls to establish a state commission to investigate Israel\u2019s failures in the run-up to its deadliest day and has taken no responsibility for the attack that sparked the two-year Gaza war.<br \/>\nHis ruling coalition voted on Wednesday to advance a bill which grants parliament members the authority to pick panel members for an inquiry and gives Netanyahu\u2019s cabinet the power to set its mandate.<br \/>\nCritics say the move circumvents Israel\u2019s 1968 Commissions of Inquiry Law, under which the president of the Supreme Court appoints an independent panel to investigate major state failures such as those which preceded the 1973 Yom Kippur war.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VATICAN CITY Pope Leo XIV has condemned the \u201crubble and open wounds\u201d left behind by wars, singling out the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza as he conducted his first Christmas homily. 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