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Love is God's weapon against selfishness, death - Pope

25 maggio 2016 | 19.52
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God uses love to vanquish selfishness and death and everyone can attain mercy through His son Jesus Christ, Pope Francis said on Wednesday.

"With the weapons of love, God has defeated selfishness and death. His son Jesus is the door of mercy wide open to all, Francis wrote on Twitter.

Francis earlier urged prayers for God to "convert the hearts" of those who sow death and destruction in the world,' making reference to the victims of coordinated bomb attacks on the Syria's Mediterranean coastal cities of Jableh and Tartus that killed over 160 people on Monday.

"I exhort everyone to pray to the merciful Father, to pray to the Madonna, that [God] might give eternal rest to the victims, and consolation to their families and might convert the hearts of those who sow death and destruction," Francis told pilgrims at his weekly general audience on Wednesday.

The Islamic State terror group claimed the bombings in Jableh and Tartus, saying its fighters had targeted "gatherings of Alawites," referring to the branch of Shia Islam to which Syria's president Bashar al-Assad belongs.

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