Hong Kong (SE):”Rivers of blood and tears are flowing in Ukraine,” Pope Francis lamented during his Angelus on March 6. The pope called for an end to hostilities and the establishment of guaranteed humanitarian corridors, and for all people to come to the assistance of the war victims, especially the mothers and children fleeing, Vatican News reported.
He said the tragedy was not some “military operation,” but a “war which sows death, destruction and misery.”
“I thank all those who are taking in refugees. Above all, I implore that the armed attacks cease and that negotiation—and common sense—prevail. And that international law be respected once again!0” Vatican News reported the pope as saying.
Pope Francis said that the Holy See is ready to do everything to put itself in the service of this peace noting that Konrad Cardinal Krajewski, the Almoner, and Michael Cardinal Czerny, interim Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, were heading to Ukraine to bring aid to the needy .
The. pope said that the presence of the two cardinals is the presence not only of the pope, but of all the Christian people who want to get closer and say: “War is madness! Stop, please! Look at this cruelty!” “
