Pope Francis shows closeness to Ukraine by sending two cardinals to the borderA test for PolandAs confirmed by the Holy See Press Office, the Cardinal Secretary of State of the Holy See, Pietro Parolin, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, a close collaborator of President Putin, had a telephone conversation today, Tuesday, March 8. The Cardinal conveyed Pope Francis' deep concern for the war being waged in Ukraine and reaffirmed what the Pope said last Sunday at the Angelus. In particular, confirmed the director of the Vatican Press Room, Matteo Bruni, that Parolin reiterated the appeal of the Holy Father to the end of armed attacks, to the creation of humanitarian corridors for civilians and those who help them, and to the replacement of armed violence by negotiation. Finally, the Secretary of State reaffirmed the will of the Holy See "to do everything, to place itself at the service of peace".
It is now the thirteenth day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has triggered a very serious dispute between the two countries and an international crisis at different levels. Pope Francis is following the situation closely. in Eastern Europe and is making efforts to broker peace in the region. He recently announced that he had sent to two cardinals as an expression of the Church's solidarity with the suffering Ukrainian people, as reported by Omnes: in particular, to Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, Apostolic Almsgiver, and Cardinal Michael Czerny, Prefect of the Prefecture of the Church of Ukraine. ad interim of the Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development. The Holy See is clearly placing itself at the service of the establishment of peace in Ukraine.
Cardinal Krajewski arrived in the Ukrainian city of Lviv (Lviv), in the west of the country, on Tuesday, after yesterday approaching the border between Poland and Ukraine, according to the Holy See Press Office. Cardinal Czerny, for his part, has also arrived today in Budapest, Hungary, to visit some reception centers for refugees coming from Ukraine. Both Cardinals will launch humanitarian operations with Ukraine.
