The Pope hopes that “a ray of peace” will fill Ukraine during Christmas

The Pope Francisco today expressed his wish that the next Christmas provoke “a ray of peace” in the wars of the whole world, especially in that of Ukraineat the end of the Angelus prayer from the window of the Apostolic Palace.

”I invite you to pray before the Portal of Bethlehem so that Christmas brings a ray of peace to the children of the entire world, especially those forced to live through terrible and dark days of war, this war in Ukraine, which destroys so many lives and so many children.”, he said before the faithful who were listening to him in Saint Peter’s Square.

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The pontiff also blessed the figures of the Child Jesus carried by the little ones to the Vatican square, a Christmas tradition started in 1969 by Pope Paul VI.

Francisco He has always been very concerned about the invasion of Ukraine, perpetrated by Vladimir Putin’s Russia on February 24, and his calls for peace are continuous, even going so far as to offer mediation by the Holy See to resolve the conflict.

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Last Thursday he was visibly moved when he remembered the victims of this war during his homage to the Immaculate Conception in the Spanish Steps in Rome.

Source: Elcomercio

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