04-11-2022, 06:23 AM
Pope calls for Easter truce in Ukraine leading to peace negotiations
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Pope Francis leads the Palm Sunday Mass in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 10, 2022
Pope Francis leads the Palm Sunday Mass in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 10, 2022
VATICAN CITY, April 10 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday called for an Easter truce in Ukraine, leading to negotiations and peace. "Put the weapons down!" he said at the end of a Palm Sunday service for tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square.
"Let An Easter truce start. But not to rearm and resume combat but a truce to reach peace through real negotiations," he said.
"So let us be confident, let us not be unprepared, let us not be outflanked, let us be wise, vigilant, fighting against those who are trying to tear the faith out of our souls and morality out of our hearts, so that we may remain Catholics, remain united to the Blessed Virgin Mary, remain united to the Roman Catholic Church, remain faithful children of the Church."- Abp. Lefebvre