During Wednesday’s general audience, Pope Francis deplored the “powerlessness of the UN” in the war in Ukraine. Unfortunately, powerful states would want to assert their interests. According to Kathpress, the Pope also strongly condemned massacres such as the one in the Ukrainian city of Bucha. The war must end.
“Today we often speak of ‘geopolitics’, but unfortunately the dominant logic is that of the strategies of the most powerful states that want to advance their interests by expanding their economic, ideological and military sphere of influence,” Pope Francis said in his weekly newspaper. General public. This time he showed a Ukrainian flag that had been sent to him from Bucha. According to him, unarmed civilians, women and children were the victims of atrocities there. “This war must end, the weapons must be silenced.”
“Foundation for Peace”
“After the Second World War, attempts were made to lay the foundations for peace, but unfortunately we do not learn from them. Unfortunately, the old story of competing superpowers continues,” the pope said. A counter-example is Malta, which stands for the rights and strength of the “little ones” and stands for respect and freedom. As reported, the Pope visited the island last weekend.
After his speech, the Pope brought a group of Ukrainian children on stage and handed them Easter sweets. The children and some of the women accompanying them are currently in Italy; At the Papal Children’s Hospital Bambino Gesu, individual children are treated for war wounds.
Organized recording
According to Francis, every migrant is a “human being with his dignity, his roots, his culture”. We must not forget that Europe was created through immigration. However, the admission of people must be organized, regulated and jointly planned at an international level. “The migration phenomenon cannot be reduced to an emergency,” the Pope concluded.
Source: Krone
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