Pope Francis expressed today by telephone to the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, his “deep pain” for the war in the country unleashed by the invasion of Russia.
“Today Pope Francis had a telephone conversation with President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Holy Father expressed his most deep sorrow for the tragic events that are taking place in our country”, reported the Embassy of Ukraine to the Holy See on social networks.
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Zelensky, for his part, thanked the pope “for praying for peace in Ukraine and the ceasefire” and said that “the Ukrainian people feel the spiritual support of His Holinessd” in another post on social media.
The pope went personally to the Russian embassy to the Holy See on Friday to see the ambassador, Alexander Avdeev, and express his concern over Russia’s attack on Ukraineand moments later he had a telephone conversation with the head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, Sviatoslav Shevchuk, to whom he guaranteed that he would do “everything he can.”
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This Saturday, Francisco asked for peace so that the world be protected “from the madness of war” in a message posted on social media in multiple languages, including Russian and Ukrainian. (I)
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