PRAYING FOR PEACE. Pope Francis pauses during an inter-religious prayer for peace at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, October 25, 2022. Pope Francis decries today's 'bleak scenario, where, sad to say, the plans of potent world leaders make no allowance for the just aspirations of peoples' ROME, Italy – Pope Francis, comparing the current world situation to the Cuban missile crisis 60 years ago, on Tuesday, October 25, led leaders of world religions in a peace appeal to politicians to avert the threat of nuclear war over Ukraine. Francis presided at the ceremonial closing at Rome’s Colosseum of a three-day...