“I renew the invitation to implore the Lord for peace for the beloved Ukrainian people who have been suffering the horror of war for six months today,” Pope Francis said during the General Audience which he headed this Wednesday, in reference to the Russian invasion of Ukraine that began on February 24.
“I want concrete steps to be taken to end the war and remove the risk of nuclear disaster“, he emphasized in that direction before almost 6,000 faithful gathered in the Paul VI Hall.
The Pope’s words come within a framework of strong pressure from the Ukrainian government for Francis to visit Ukraine, a trip that, although it is a “wish” of the pontiff, has logistics that Francis himself Jorge bergoglio considered “complicated” at the time.
“I carry the prisoners in my heart, especially those who are in fragile conditions, and I ask the responsible authorities to act for their release”, claimed the Pope, who expressed his concern for “the children, so many dead, and too many refugees“.
He also referred, although without naming her, to Daria Douginaassassinated last week in Moscow with a bomb placed under her car and directed at her father Alexander Dugina philosopher who is often portrayed by the Western press as the ideological mentor of the Kremlin.
“I think of a poor young woman blown up by a bomb placed under her car seat in Moscow. The innocent pay the war“Francisco raised. “All those who win with war or with the arms trade are criminals who kill humanity,” he said, in a new criticism of the arms producers and sellers.
“Today in particular, six months after the start of the war, we think of Ukraine and Russia,” the Pope added, before asking Our Lady to “bring peace” to the two countries. “We need peace”, he finished him in that frame.
Source: Ambito
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