Pope wants more peace efforts Middle East

bari - Pope Francis has called on Saturday for greater efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East. The region is currently 'covered by dark clouds', said the head of the Catholic Church Saturday during an ecumenical meeting with religious leaders from the Middle East in the Italian city of Bari.

The main problems he addressed were 'war, violence and devastation', the occupation of certain areas, the extensive fundamentalism and 'forced migration. 'He also condemned' the murderous indifference 'that fuels the violence and leads to the exodus of Christians. '

The presence of our brothers and sisters (may) disappear and damage the face of the region. A Middle East without Christians is not the Middle East. '