A boy carries a baby in a site hit by what activists said were airstrikes carried out by the Russian air force in the town of Douma, eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria January 10, 2016.

Pope Francis on Sunday urged the world community to make every effort to revive the Syrian peace talks and appealed for unstinting generosity for civilians fleeing the conflict.

“I appeal to the international community to spare no effort to urgently bring parties back to the negotiating table,” the pontiff said at his weekly Angelus prayer.

“A political solution to the conflict is the only way to guarantee a future of reconciliation and peace for this dear, suffering country,” Francis said, before asking worshippers in St. Peter’s Square to join him in reciting the Catholic prayer “Ave Maria” for Syria.

The pope also said he was deeply concerned about the plight of civilians forced to flee their homes as fighting raged.

“I hope that, thanks to generous solidarity, there will be the necessary help to ensure their survival and dignity,” he said.

The Syrian peace talks were suspended on Wednesday amid renewed fighting on the ground, with advances into rebel-held territory by the Russian-backed regime in Damascus.

The negotiations were suspended until February 25.

U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura says he will meet in Munich, Germany, next Friday with countries that are part of an international group seeking a solution to the five-year-old war.

Related articles across the web

• You Can Ride Falkor from THE NEVERENDING STORY in Real Life
• JohannesWeigend
• TechOnRails-Signalling System Engineering Services for Rail Applications
• The frigid Flying Saucer
• Dani_CV
• Teenager gets to keep gold bar she found in a lake after nobody claimed it
• Shaykh Miskeen Confirmed Liberated! Syrian Army Continues to Batter Obama's Terrorists
• The Latest: Turkey aiding Syrians, but border closed
• Netflix is missing a trick by dismissing VR
• US accuses Damascus Moscow of seeking military solution in Syria