:Pope Francis arrives for his audience to participants in the pilgrimage of thanksgiving for the beatification of Armida Barelli, at St. Peter Square in the Vatican on April 22, 2023. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)
Vatican City: Pope Francis on Sunday called for dialogue between warring military factions in Sudan as a bloody outbreak of fighting entered a second week.
"Unfortunately the situation remains grave in Sudan, that is why I am renewing my call for the violence to stop as quickly as possible and for dialogue to resume," he said during traditional Sunday prayers in Saint Peter's square.
