Colombia peace talks must not fail, says Pope Francis

[WorldNews]

Pope Francis urged Colombia's government and Marxist FARC guerrillas on Sunday to ensure that nearly three years of peace talks in Cuba are successful and end their "long night" of war. "Please, we do not have the right to allow ourselves yet another failure on this path of peace and reconciliation," the Argentine pontiff said in an address at the end of a Mass he celebrated in Havana's Revolution Square. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has staked his reputation on reaching a pact with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to end Latin America's longest insurgency, which has killed some 220,000 people and displaced millions over 50 years.

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