Vatican City: Pope Francis used a new year’s message on Saturday to issue Clarion’s call to end violence against women, said it insulted God.
Francis, 85, celebrating the masses in the Basilica of St Peter on the day of the Roman Catholic Church marked the Chief of the Holy Mother of Maria Allah and the annual World Peace Day.
Francis established his new year’s homily around the These Themes and Women – said that those who united the threads of life – and used them to make one of their strongest calls to end violence against them.
“And because mothers bestow life, and women keep the world (together), let’s all try bigger to promote the mother and protect women,” Francis said.
“How much violence is directed towards women! Enough! To hurt a woman is to insult God,” he said.