Following German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Pope Francis is now also being targeted by Ukrainian ultranationalists, who are gaining momentum in the slipstream of Putin’s brutal war of aggression. And that’s because the Holy Father wants to send a sign of peace on Good Friday.
At a station on the Stations of the Cross, according to the Vatican, two women should carry the cross of Christ – a Ukrainian and a Russian. They should not say a word, but send a sign that everything must be done to stop this brutal war. A sign that mutual hatred must be renounced in order to enable people to live peaceful lives again.
gesture is incomprehensible
Ukraine’s ambassador to the Holy See was the first to speak out vehemently against this symbol of peace. He explained via Twitter that he was trying to explain the problems and possible consequences to the Vatican. A little later, the great Archbishop of the Ukrainian-Greek Catholic Church in Kiev followed. The gesture is incomprehensible, even offensive, at a time when the next wave of attacks in Ukrainian cities and towns is imminent.
Who, if not the Pope, is destined to pray for peace, to call on both sides to end the war? What else must the Vicar of Christ do?
Source: Krone
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