“During an audience with Pope Francis, the Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas, Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, discussed "efforts to help the Ukrainian people who are suffering and to assist military refugees from Ukraine."
This was reported by the Telegram channel Christians Against War.
"I thanked His Holiness for his efforts to bring peace and prayer, but I emphasized that the world must be fair. We also discussed how Russia can use any inaccurate or ambiguous word to justify its aggression. And how significant an impact the Pope's words have on nations that aspire to freedom and the protection of democracy. We felt this ourselves when we fought for independence. Today, these words and support are very much needed for Ukrainians and political prisoners in Belarus."
As reported by RISU, the Speaker of the Lithuanian Parliament also presented the Pope with a facsimile copy of the oldest known image of the Ukrainian saint, Josaphat Kuntsevych, a lithograph preserved in the Vrublevsky Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences in Vilnius.
On his part, Pope Francis presented Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen with a bronze sculpture and several documents from the Pontificate, including the Apostolic Exhortation "Laudate Deum" on the topic of the climate crisis and the Message for World Peace Day.