Pope Francis asked this Sunday to pray “for peace”, especially for the Ukrainian people, and not to neglect “other wars, unfortunately often forgotten”.
“Dear brothers and sisters, let us also this summer never tire of praying for peace, especially for the Ukrainian people, who have been hit so hard,” the pope pleaded. to the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican during the Sunday Angelus Prayer.
In his intervention he added another request: “Let us not neglect other wars, which unfortunately are often forgotten, and the countless conflicts and skirmishes that bloodstain many places on earth. There are so many wars today.”
Francis appealed to people to be interested “in what is happening” in the world.
“Let’s help those who suffer and pray, because prayer is the power that protects and sustains the world,” he said..
During the prayer, the head of the Catholic Church also invited the faithful to reflect on how much conflict can be resolved by “listening to others, with a sincere desire to understand each other.”
This week, an envoy from the pope, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, traveled to Moscow, Russia’s capital, to try to mediate the war in Ukraine, a country invaded by Russian soldiers, in an offensive launched on February 24, 2022. launched. .
The Vatican has not evaluated the results of the visit of Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, who will soon meet the pope “with a view to taking new steps, both in the humanitarian field and in the search for ways of peace” and also to comment on his visit to Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, which took place three weeks ago.
Source: DN
