Pope Francis on Sunday led a crowd in St Peter’s Square in silent prayer for Ukraine, appealing to the consciences of politicians to seek peace.
“The news from Ukraine is very worrying,” said Francis, who has made many appeals for peace in Ukraine and last month led an international day of prayer for peace.
“I entrust all efforts for peace to the intercession of the Virgin Mary and the consciences of responsible politicians,” he told thousands of people in the square for his weekly blessing and message.
“Let’s pray in silence,” he said. The crowd was silent for about half a minute.
Francis spoke a day after US President Joe Biden spoke with Russian Vladimir Putin by phone.
In the roughly hour-long call, Biden said the West would respond decisively to any invasion of Ukraine, adding that such a step would produce widespread suffering and isolate Moscow.
Moscow has repeatedly denied that it plans to invade and dismissed those warnings as “hysteria”.
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Source: CNN Brasil
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