Our Holy Father Pope Francis is asking all of us to spend time in prayer, fasting, and almsgiving to bring about peace in our world in light of so many casualties of war and violence. Here are a few of his words from his Wednesday Audience on October 18th: "Brothers and sisters...May weapons fall silent! Let us heed the cry for peace of populations, of the people, of the children! Brothers and sisters, war does not solve any problem: it sows only death and destruction, foments hate and proliferates revenge. War cancels out the future. I urge believers to take just one side in this conflict: that of peace. But not with words — with prayer, with total dedication. With this in mind, I have decided to call for a day of fasting and prayer, of penance, on Friday 27 October..."