Speaking to tens of thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square, he noted that the day most Eastern Christians, including Orthodox and Catholics in Ukraine and Russia, celebrate Easter coincided with the two-month mark of the war. ADVERTISEMENT“Instead of stopping, the war has become more harsh,” he said from the window of the official papal study. “I renew an appeal for an Easter truce, the minimum and tangible sign of a willingness for peace. As Christians in Ukraine celebrated Orthodox Easter, there was no end in sight to a war that has killed thousands, uprooted millions more, and reduced cities to rubble. Putin, a member of the Russian Orthodox Church, has described Moscow’s actions as a “special military operation” in Ukraine aimed at demilitarizing and “denazifying” the country.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 24, 2022 19:57 UTC