Father
Lombardi: Holy See 'following attentively' situation in Ukraine
(Vatican Radio) The head of the Holy See Press
Office, Father Federico Lombardi, SJ, on Tuesday spoke about the situation in
the Ukraine.
The
full declaration follows:
The See is following
attentively the situations of crisis in various parts of the world, including
the eastern regions of Ukraine. In the presence of an escalation of the
conflict that has claimed many innocent victims, the Holy Father Francis has
renewed his appeal for peace on several occasions.
By these
interventions, while inviting the faithful to pray for those who have been
killed and injured as a result of the hostilities, the Pope also underlined the
urgency of resuming negotiations as the only possible way out of the logic of
mounting accusations and reactions.
Faced with differing
interpretations of the Pope’s words, especially those of Wednesday 4 February,
I consider it useful to specify that he has always wished to address all the
interested parties, trusting in the sincere efforts of each one to implement
agreements reached by common consent and invoking the principle of
international law, to which the Holy See has referred several times since the
beginning of the crisis. As St. John Paul II often repeated, humanity must find
the courage to substitute the right to force with the power of law.
The Holy Father
joyfully awaits the Ad limina visit of the Ukrainian Episcopate, scheduled for
the days 16-21 February. This will constitute a further occasion to meet those
brother Bishops, to be directly informed on the situation of that dear country,
to console the Church and those who suffer and to evaluate together paths for
reconciliation and peace.
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