Pope Francis led the world's Catholic bishops on Friday in praying for peace between Russia and Ukraine, saying the world had forgotten the tragedies of the 20th century and was still menaced by nuclear war.
Pope Francis leads world's Catholic bishops in consecrating Russia and Ukraine to the Madonna, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
At about the same time, thousands of bishops in cathedrals and chapels around the world were reading the same prayer in local languages, resulting in one of the most precisely coordinated global Church event in living memory. Since Russia invaded its neighbor on Feb. 24 in what it calls a "special military operation", the pope has implicitly criticized Moscow, strongly condemning what he has called an "unjustified aggression" and denouncing "atrocities," but he had not mentioned Russia by name."We have forgotten the lesson learned from the tragedies of the last century, the sacrifice of the millions who fell in two world wars ...
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