Patriarch Bartholomew: 'War stands opposed to Christian principles'
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew wrote about this in his Easter encyclical.
"In the light of the Resurrection, we beseech the Lord on behalf of the victims of wartime violence, the orphans, the mothers who mourn their children, and all those who bear in body and soul the effects of human cruelty and callousness," the Ecumenical Patriarch noted.
"'Christ is risen' is a denial and condemnation of violence and fear and an invitation to a life of peace. War brings forth lamentation and death; the Resurrection conquers death and bestows incorruptibility. Before the daily images of the cruelty of war, the Church raises her voice and proclaims the sacredness of the human person — of every concrete human being anywhere on earth — and the duty of absolute respect for that dignity," emphasized Patriarch Bartholomew.
