Pictures show the Pope turning slightly behind him to speak to the Italian Army and telling them to take their masks off during his general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday.
Pope Francis at the general audience in Paul VI Hall on March 2, 2022 / Vatican MediaVatican City, Mar 2, 2022 / 03:34 am (CNA).Pope Francis expressed gratitude to the Polish people on Wednesday for their generosity in welcoming Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war."I cordially greet all Poles. You were the first to support Ukraine by opening your borders, your hearts and the doors of your homes to Ukrainians fleeing the war," Pope Francis said in the Vatican s Paul VI Hall on March 2."You are generously offering them everything they need so that they can live in dignity, despite the drama of the moment. I am deeply grateful to you and I bless you from my heart!"In an emotional moment, Pope Francis pointed out that one of the readers at his live-streamed general audience was from Ukraine and that his parents were hiding in a bomb shelter near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.The reader was Father Marek Viktor Gongalo, a Franciscan friar who is a professor of canon law at th
Pope Francis on Wednesday asked people around the world to remember Ukrainians in underground shelters seeking protection from bombardments and thanked Poland for taking in the bulk of refugees from the war. Francis spoke at his weekly general audience on Ash Wednesday, which he has declared a day of prayer and fasting for peace in Ukraine. After addressing Poles, the pope
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