{"id":556501,"date":"2026-01-20T17:07:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T15:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=556501"},"modified":"2026-01-20T17:07:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T15:07:42","slug":"metropolitan-ioan-banat-end-violence-against-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/metropolitan-ioan-banat-end-violence-against-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Banat Metropolitan calls for prayer for families, end to violence against women"},"content":{"rendered":"

His Eminence Metropolitan Ioan of Banat on Sunday urged prayer for families and called for an end to violence against women.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI would raise a prayer to God to bless our country, Banat and the whole world,\u201d the metropolitan said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo you, my brothers, I have one request: let us pray for families, because in the past year, every week a mother, a wife, a daughter was killed. Brothers\u2014men\u2014stop! Do not kill our mothers, wives and daughters anymore!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is my prayer to you. May God bless you all!\u201d he concluded, his voice choked with emotion.<\/p>\n

Metropolitan Ioan made the appeal at the opening meeting<\/a> of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, held at the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Timi\u0219oara.<\/p>\n