Pope slams 'most powerful countries' for not ending war

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, in a letter to the Catholics of the Holy Land has hit out at the international community over its inability to silence the guns and stop the bombs that are exploding over the Middle East.

"A year ago, the fuse of hatred was lit; it did not sputter, but exploded in a spiral of violence, in the shameful inability of the international community and the most powerful countries to silence