Cardinal’s reflections
Cardinal John Dew
20 hours ago
As we prepare for omicron in our communities, people in Ukraine are doing what they can to prepare for a possible war. It is hard to imagine going to work each day wondering if this is the day it will happen, and worrying about how to protect family, friends and country. ![]()
To those of you who are from Ukraine or who have Ukrainian connections, our thoughts and prayers are with you. Your worry must be intense. ![]()
On Wednesday night the Vatican's foreign minister, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, led a prayer service in Rome for peace in Ukraine, attended by the Russian ambassador to the Vatican as well as the chargé d'affaires of the Ukrainian and US embassies. Archbishop Gallagher’s words:![]()
““It is even more scandalous to see that those who suffer most from conflicts are not those who decide whether or not to start them but are above all those who are just defenseless victims…It is truly sad to see entire populations torn apart by so much suffering caused not by natural disasters or events beyond human control, but by the ‘hand of man,’ by actions made not in a violent outburst, but carefully calculated and carried out in a systematic way.”
Ukraine deserves peace, Pope Francis says
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