{"id":52863,"date":"2025-07-02T23:58:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T23:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=52863"},"modified":"2025-07-03T06:54:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T06:54:50","slug":"pope-leo-xiv-expresses-his-closeness-to-persecuted-christians-in-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/pope-leo-xiv-expresses-his-closeness-to-persecuted-christians-in-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"El papa Le\u00f3n XIV expresa su cercan\u00eda a los cristianos perseguidos en Oriente Medio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 100%; margin-bottom: 25px;\">\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/images\/leogen625254.jpeg?ssl=1\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; max-width: 100%\" \/><br \/>\n  <span style=\"text-align: right; font-style: italic;\">El Papa Le\u00f3n XIV saluda a los peregrinos en la audiencia general de los mi\u00e9rcoles en la Plaza de San Pedro, mi\u00e9rcoles 25 de junio de 2025 \/ Cr\u00e9dito: Daniel Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez\/CNA<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Equipo de ACI Prensa, 25 de junio de 2025 \/ 13:54 pm (CNA).<\/p>\n<p>El Papa Le\u00f3n XIV expres\u00f3 su cercan\u00eda a los cristianos perseguidos durante el mi\u00e9rcoles <a href=\"https:\/\/press.vatican.va\/content\/salastampa\/en\/bollettino\/pubblico\/2025\/06\/25\/250625c.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">audiencia general<\/a> del 25 de junio, refiri\u00e9ndose al \u201catroz ataque terrorista\u201d del domingo por parte del Estado Isl\u00e1mico contra la comunidad greco-ortodoxa en Damasco, en el que 25 fieles perdieron la vida mientras asist\u00edan a la Divina Liturgia.<\/p>\n<p>El domingo 22 de junio, solemnidad del Corpus Christi, testigos presenciales informaron que dos hombres armados <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/264933\/church-leaders-react-to-deadly-attack-on-mar-elias-church-in-damascus\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">irrumpieron en la Iglesia Ortodoxa Griega<\/a> de San El\u00edas en Douailah, en las afueras de la capital siria. El brutal ataque, el primero desde la ca\u00edda del r\u00e9gimen de Assad en diciembre de 2024, tambi\u00e9n dej\u00f3 63 heridos.<\/p>\n<p>Durante sus saludos a los fieles de lengua italiana, el pont\u00edfice encomend\u00f3 a los fallecidos \u201ca la misericordia de Dios\u201d mientras ofrec\u00eda oraciones por los heridos y sus familias.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA los cristianos de Oriente Medio, les digo: \u00a1Estoy cerca de ustedes! \u00a1Toda la Iglesia est\u00e1 cerca de ustedes!\u201d, exclam\u00f3 el Papa Le\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>Este tr\u00e1gico suceso, seg\u00fan el pont\u00edfice, \u201crecuerda la profunda fragilidad que Siria sigue enfrentando tras a\u00f1os de conflicto e inestabilidad\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Le\u00f3n XIV enfatiz\u00f3 que es esencial que la comunidad internacional \u201cno ignore a este pa\u00eds, sino que contin\u00fae ofreciendo apoyo a trav\u00e9s de gestos de solidaridad y un compromiso renovado con la paz y la reconciliaci\u00f3n\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>El Santo Padre dijo que sigue \u201csiguiendo con atenci\u00f3n y esperanza los acontecimientos en Ir\u00e1n, Israel y Palestina\u201d, recordando que las palabras del profeta Isa\u00edas resuenan hoy con m\u00e1s urgencia que nunca: \u201cNo levantar\u00e1 espada naci\u00f3n contra naci\u00f3n, ni se adiestrar\u00e1n m\u00e1s para la guerra\u201d (Is 2, 4).<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u00a1Que esta voz, que viene del Alt\u00edsimo, sea escuchada! Que las heridas causadas por las sangrientas acciones de los \u00faltimos d\u00edas sean sanadas\u201d, inst\u00f3.<\/p>\n<p>Finalmente, ante los miles de fieles que lo escuchaban en la Plaza de San Pedro, pidi\u00f3 rechazar \u201cla arrogancia y la venganza, y elegir en cambio resueltamente el camino del di\u00e1logo, la diplomacia y la paz\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><em>Esta historia <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aciprensa.com\/noticias\/114665\/papa-leon-xiv-expresa-su-cercania-a-los-cristianos-perseguidos-en-oriente-medio\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><em>fue publicada originalmente <\/em><\/a><em>por ACI Prensa, socio de noticias en espa\u00f1ol de CNA. Ha sido traducida y adaptada por CNA.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/264999\/pope-leo-xiv-expresses-his-closeness-to-persecuted-christians-in-the-middle-east\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/264999\/pope-leo-xiv-expresses-his-closeness-to-persecuted-christians-in-the-middle-east<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El Papa Le\u00f3n XIV saluda a los peregrinos en la audiencia general del mi\u00e9rcoles en la Plaza de San Pedro, mi\u00e9rcoles 25 de junio de 2025 \/ Cr\u00e9dito: Daniel Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez\/CNA ACI Prensa Staff, 25 de junio de 2025 \/ 13:54 pm (CNA). El Papa Le\u00f3n XIV expres\u00f3 su cercan\u00eda a los cristianos perseguidos durante la audiencia general del mi\u00e9rcoles 25 de junio, refiri\u00e9ndose al \u201catroz terrorista [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":54400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1064],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-52863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52825,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/at-general-audience-pope-leo-xiv-laments-fatigue-of-living-afflicting-modern-society\/","url_meta":{"origin":52863,"position":0},"title":"At general audience, Pope Leo XIV laments \u2018fatigue of living\u2019 afflicting modern society","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"octubre 9, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims at the Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square, Wednesday, June 25, 2025 \/ Credit: Daniel Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez\/CNA Vatican City, Jun 25, 2025 \/ 07:15 am (CNA). 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