Pope Francis During the Vottip Easter Service in the Vatican Basilica of St. Peter condemned the war in Ukraine for” cruelty and darkness. “
” We all pray for you and together with you. We pray because you have experienced a lot of suffering. We can only offer you our support, our prayers and say: “Still, we are with you,” Francis said , referring to the Ukrainian delegation, writes the Russian BBC service.
at the end of the sermon he uttered the traditional Easter greeting” Christ is risen! ” in Ukrainian.
Interested in service, in particular, the mayor of the Ukrainian Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, who in March was taken under the arrest of Russian troops, but later released during the exchange of prisoners.