Asian Catholic bishops urge immediate ceasefire in Middle East
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Asian Catholic bishops urge immediate ceasefire in Middle East
Asian Catholic bishops on Tuesday called for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East, warning that escalating violence could trigger wider global instability.
The Central Committee of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, meeting in Bangkok, expressed “deep anguish and grave concern” over renewed cycles of bombardment and retaliation.
In a statement dated March 3, the bishops said the involvement of major global and regional powers risks plunging the region into conflict with incalculable human and economic consequences.
They urged all parties to exercise moral responsibility and resist what they described as a ‘spiral of escalation’ leading only to deeper suffering and irreversible loss.
“We call for an immediate cessation of hostilities and for all parties to exercise moral responsibility, resisting the spiral of escalation that leads only to deeper suffering and irreversible loss,” the statement said.
Echoing the appeal of Pope Leo XIV, the bishops said that peace cannot be built on threats or weapons that sow destruction, pain and death.
“Stability cannot arise from fear, nor can justice be secured through violence,” they said, insisting that sincere and sustained dialogue remains the only viable path.
Drawing from Asia’s religious diversity and cultural traditions, the bishops said peace is more than the absence of war, calling it the fruit of justice and trust.
They warned that war disproportionately harms the poor, displaced people, children and future generations, whose suffering is often overshadowed by geopolitical calculations.
The statement also encouraged interreligious solidarity among leaders of major faith traditions in the Middle East to bear common witness to the sacredness of life.
“We renew our commitment to stand with the poor and the victims of war, whose cries often go unheard amid geopolitical calculations. Their suffering must remain at the center of all efforts toward peace,” the bishops said.
They also invited local churches across Asia during the Lenten season to intensify prayer, fasting and concrete acts of solidarity for peace.
The appeal was signed by FABC president Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrao, Cardinal Pablo David and Cardinal Isao Kikuchi, the federation’s vice president and secretary-general, respectively.
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