Pope appeals for peace in Ukraine

At his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis called for peace in the Ukraine: “With a worried soul I have been following what is happening in Kyiv in these days”, Vatican Radio informs. The Holy Father assured the Ukrainian people of his closeness to them, and prayed for the victims of violence, for their families, and for the injured.

The Pope called “on all parties to cease all violence and to seek harmony and peace in the country.”