THE US strikes against Afghanistan’s Taliban regime and the terrorists it is harbouring should encourage Christians everywhere to turn to prayer.
The longer the retaliation goes on, the more innocent people risk being killed.
At the same time, many thousands of innocent Afghanis are fleeing their homeland to escape the wave of bombing and destruction.
The Pope has already called on Catholics to pray the Rosary so that peace will return to the world.
This would be a good time to pull out the Rosary beads from their dusty drawer and resume saying this prayer on a daily basis.
It is important to remember that the most destructive weapon in the world is hatred.
This is driving the destruction and fear that has been seen and felt on both sides of the globe in the past few weeks.
Let us pray that love and understanding will conquer hate, and that peace will reign again in the world.
