2023-06-29 02:01:00
June 28, 2023 / 7:01 p.m.
Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, Pope Francis’ beggar, is in Ukraine for the sixth time to bring closeness to the Pontiff and help those affected by the cruel war that has ravaged the country since February 2022.
In a video broadcast on social networks this Wednesday, June 28, you can see the Cardinal in an apron distributing food to the inhabitants of Khersonthe city in southern Ukraine where he arrived on June 27 after traveling 3,125 kilometers by truck from the Vatican.
????????Kard.Krajewski is in Kherson, where he visits the inhabitants of the flooded areas, he brought gifts from the Pope.”On the other side of the Dnieper, they shoot all the time”
????????Card.Krajewski distributes food for people from flooded Kherson area.”On the other side of Dnipro river they shell constantly.” pic.twitter.com/c6fMT1eFeo— Paulina Guzik (@Guzik_Paulina) June 28, 2023
Krajewski left Rome on June 22 and five days later arrived in Kherson, where the destruction of a hydroelectric dam has caused enormous damage in the area.
More than 80 towns and cities were flooded, 20 thousand hectares of farmland were destroyed and more than 150 tons of oil spilled after a Russian attack.
Speaking to Vatican Newsthe Pope’s beggar described the situation when he arrived in the Ukrainian city: “It is deserted, from time to time we heard sirens and when we entered there was bombardment, we could see smoke.”
The Cardinal assured that there is not a day that the Pope does not pray for the “martyred” Ukraine and referred to his visit as “an evangelical mission.”
Cardinal Krajewski, a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, brought in the truck various foods and more than 100,000 soups for those affected.
Food comes mostly from Korea and the medicines were donated from the Gemelli Hospital in Rome.
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According to a statement published by the Holy See, the Cardinal’s mission is “to be with them, pray with them and also leave them very concrete help, a sign of unity with the Pope who wants to be close to those who suffer.”
In addition, the Vatican reported that a second truck full of food, as well as medicines and medical supplies, will leave in the coming days, which will be delivered to the areas most affected by the dam explosion.
Almudena Martínez-Bordiú is a Spanish journalist, correspondent for ACI Prensa in Rome and the Vatican, with four years of experience in religious information.
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