The Pope called on governments this Sunday for effective initiatives to end the war in Ukraine and, on the day that Italy must choose a right-wing coalition, he called on migrants to live in peace and with dignity.
“This Sunday, the Church celebrates the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, on the theme ‘Building the future with migrants and refugees’. Let us renew our commitment to build the future according to God’s plan: A future in which everyone finds their place and is respected; where migrants, refugees, displaced persons and victims of trafficking can live in peace and dignity,” the pontiff said.
After celebrating the closing Mass of the Italian Eucharistic Meeting in Matera, in central Italy, Francis recalled that “also thanks to these brothers and sisters, communities can grow socially, economically, culturally and spiritually and share different traditions. God.”
“Let us all commit ourselves to building a more inclusive and fraternal future,” he said, on the day Italy votes in general elections, in which a right-wing coalition that has promised to fight immigration is expected to win.
On the same occasion, the leader of the Catholic Church called for peace for Ukraine.
“May Mary, Queen of Peace, comfort the Ukrainian people and obtain for the leaders of nations the willpower to immediately find effective initiatives leading to the end of the war,” Francis said.
The Pope has insisted in recent months on expressing his solidarity with the Ukrainian people.
Last Wednesday he lamented “the terrible situation in the tormented Ukraine” and denounced “the pain of this people, the ferocity, the monstrosities, the tortured corpses”, as Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, who is in Ukraine for the fourth time, told him. to bring help.
Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
Francis also asked that “the cry of pain be heard” for the death of children in a bombed school in Myanmar (former Burma), “where for more than two years this noble country has been plagued by serious armed clashes and violence, which have It caused many victims and displaced people.”
“Let the crying of these little ones not be forgotten! These tragedies do not have to happen!” she appealed.
According to Unicef, at least 11 children were killed and 15 were missing on the 16th, following a bombardment and ground attack by the Burmese army on civilian areas, including a school, in Burmese’s Sagaing region.
Francis traveled to Matera today to celebrate a mass at the Municipal Stadium XXI Settembre before some 12,500 faithful, while on Saturday he was in Assisi to participate in the “Economy of Francis” initiative.
Source: Observadora
