Cardinal Krajewski
with the snow-covered ambulances in Ukraine
Cardinal Krajewski brings Pope’s gift of 4 ambulances to
Ukraine
Pope Francis has sent his papal almoner, Cardinal Konrad
Krajewski, to Ukraine with a gift of four ambulances, which will be used to
save lives along the frontlines of the war.
By Vatican News
As Ukraine faces another Easter marked by war, Pope Francis
continues to show his closeness to the suffering people through concrete
gestures—three years after what he previously called “a painful and shameful
anniversary for humanity.”
Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, Prefect of the Dicastery for the
Service of Charity, has embarked on his 10th mission to Ukraine, at the behest
of the Pope and with the assistance of three Ukrainian drivers.
The papal almoner delivered four ambulances to the Eastern
European country that are fully equipped with medical devices required to save
lives.
A statement from the Dicastery for the Service of Charity,
released on Monday, quotes the Pope’s 2024 Urbi et Orbi message
as a call to action. “Only Jesus opens the doors to life,” the Pope said,
“those very doors we keep shutting with the wars spreading throughout the
world.”
The ambulances and
their drivers
Ambulances for war-torn Ukraine
The four ambulances bear the coat of arms of the Vatican
City State and are destined for the areas hardest hit by the war.
Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the Pope’s almoner, will remain
in Ukraine for a few days to be close to the people, to pray with them, and to
embody the care and concern of the Bishop of Rome.
Vehicles bearing the Vatican’s coat of arms
This marks Cardinal Krajewski’s 10th mission to Ukraine and
takes place in the context of the Jubilee of Hope.
In the Bull of Indiction for the Holy Year, Spes non
Confundit, the Pope writes: “The first sign of hope should be the desire
for peace in our world, which once more finds itself immersed in the tragedy of
war… The need for peace challenges us all, and demands that concrete steps be
taken.”
The Pope’s gift of the four ambulances represents another
expression of Jubilee hope anchored in Christ.
The ambulances bear
the coat of arms of the Vatican
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