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Rome, Italy, Sep 6, 2012 \/ 01:12 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- The Italian Jesuit who was exiled from Syria after criticizing President Bashar al-Assad says he is still hopeful for the country\u2019s future despite its descent into war.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cI see hope in the fact that the Syrian people are very attached to their country, very attached to the fact that they are a mosaic country. People want to keep that. They are committed to pluralism,\u201d said Jesuit Father Paolo Dall\u2019Oglio in an interview with CNA.<\/p>\n

\tFr. Dall'Oglio spent over 30 years in Syria as part of the Deir Mar Musa Monastic Community. Throughout that time he was a champion for interfaith dialogue in the majority-Muslim country, where Christians make up around 10 percent of the population.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\tSince being exiled, he has watched in horror as fighting has spread throughout Syria.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe have so much blood on our streets, so many people lost, so many people standing for freedom and democracy have been lost. So many good, youthful people \u2026 It\u2019s such a tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe armed revolt against Syria\u2019s President Bashar al-Assad began in March 2011.<\/p>\n

\tOn Sept. 4, the new UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, told the United Nations General Assembly that the death toll from the internal conflict is \u201cstaggering\u201d and the destruction \u201ccatastrophic.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cSyria is suffering enormously, but nevertheless people are hopeful,\u201d said Fr. Dall\u2019Oglio. \u201cThey want to have a democratic Syria where the will to be together does not come from above or outside, but it is really a spring from the inside, from the souls of the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tTo that end, Fr. Dall\u2019Oglio is currently in Rome to participate in a Week of Solidarity for Syria. The event is organized by the Italian section of the Religions for Peace movement. They hope to encourage \u201cfasting, prayer, reflection and awareness in support of the Syrian people who are suffering from the effects of civil war and repression.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe cannot be living with others without a religious and theological consideration of the weight and the role of these people in the history of salvation,\u201d Fr. Dall\u2019Oglio said.<\/p>\n

\tThe Week of Solidarity is also aimed at helping people prepare for the Sept. 14-16 visit by Pope Benedict XVI to Lebanon.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cMore than ever before, if we are not inclusive, although faithful to our convictions, we will not be constructive and positive in the coming equilibrium of our societies,\u201d Fr. Dall\u2019Oglio stated.<\/p>\n

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