2023-06-01 16:07:00
June 1, 2023 / 9:07 a.m.
Pope Francis thanked a group of young people from Ukraine and Russia for working as “brothers” for peace.
After the General Audience on Wednesday May 31, the Holy Father greeted the young people who came to Rome to give a testimony of peace and brotherhood hand in hand with the Italian association “Rondine Citadel of Peace”.
These young people “have decided not to live as enemies, but as brothers. May his example inspire intentions for peace in those who have political responsibilities”, the Holy Father commented during the General Audience.
The Pontiff entrusted to the Virgin Mary all the peoples who suffer the scourge of war and exhorted them to “pray more” for the tormented Ukraine, which “suffers so much”.
The Russian and Ukrainian youth were accompanied by the Bishop of Arezzo (Italy), Mons. Andrea Migliavacca.
Since the conflict began in February 2022, Pope Francis has launched numerous calls for peace in Ukraine.
On May 26, in an interview with Telemundo News, the Holy Father also reflected on the situation of Ukrainian minors forcibly taken to Russia and on the mission headed by the Cardinal Matteo Zuppi to try to achieve peace in Ukraine.
He is a correspondent for ACI Prensa in Rome and the Vatican, accredited to the Holy See Press Office since 2014, married and father of a family. He has a PhD in Social Sciences and Communication from the Pontifical Gregorian University, where he has taught and is specialized in education and new technologies. Vatican journalist and writer with more than ten years of experience, he has published the book on Pope Francis: “But authentic”. Ed. Saint Paul.
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