Vatican City, 10 February 2015 (VIS) -
“The Holy 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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