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Vatican Urges International Community To Welcome Afghan Refugees Fleeing Taliban Oppression

In a front-page article in the Friday edition of L'Osservatore Romano, deputy editor Gaetano Vallini said the West was obliged to urgently remedy the situation with concrete action and welcome refugees

Vatican Urges International Community To Welcome Afghan Refugees Fleeing Taliban Oppression
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The Vatican's newspaper is calling on the international community to welcome Afghan civilians fleeing the Taliban, expressing incredulousness 바카라that before deciding to abandon the country no one thought through such a foreseeable scenario or did anything to avoid it.바카라

In a front-page article in the Friday edition of L'Osservatore Romano, deputy editor Gaetano Vallini said the West was obliged to urgently remedy the situation with concrete action and welcome refugees to avoid a 바카라catastrophic humanitarian emergency.바카라

The commentary was an unusually blunt criticism of the US, though Washington wasn't singled out by name.

After expressing shock at the chaos created by the US-led Western withdrawal, Gallini wrote: 바카라It would be even more serious if such a decision was taken with the knowledge of such dramatic consequences.바카라

Pope Francis has expressed alarm at the chaos that has engulfed Afghanistan with the Taliban takeover.

During his Sunday blessing, Francis asked for prayers for an end to the violence and for Afghan men, women and children to be able to live in 바카라fully reciprocal바카라 peace and security.

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