Pope Francis had already requested on Easter Sunday the exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine. He now do it again, showing the availability of the Vatican for this to be done.
This Sunday, Pope Francis once again defended “a general exchange of all prisoners between Russia and Ukraine” and guaranteed the availability of the Vatican to support any effort for their release.
Dear brothers and sisters, as we celebrate the Ascension of the Lord who sets us free, I renew my call to a General exchange of all prisoners between Russia and Ukraine.“said the Pope before thousands of faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square, in the Vatican, at the end of the Regina Coeli Sunday prayer, which replaces the Angelus during the Easter period.
Francis assured “the availability of the Holy See to favor any effort in this direction, especially in favor of the seriously injured and sick,” he added, quoted by the EFE agency.
“Let us continue to pray for peace, whether in Ukraine, Palestine, Israel, Myanmar [antiga Birmânia]Let us pray for peace,” he concluded.
The Pope had already requested, on March 31, Easter Sunday, “a general exchange of all prisoners between Russia and Ukraine.”
Shortly after the start of the war, Francis appointed Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi to take command of a primarily humanitarian mediation mission, with the aim of returning Ukrainian children deported to Russia to their country, but so far without results. .
Source: Observadora
