Pope Francis posted a message on Twitter on Friday 25 February in which he denounced the fact that “any war is a shameful capitulation”. A tweet translated into several languages, including Russian.
“War is always a failure,” writes the pope
“Every war leaves the world worse than when it was found. War is always a failure of politics and humanity, a shameful capitulation, a rout before the forces of evil,” wrote the Pope, taking up a passage from his encyclical on peace Fratelli tutti (All brothers) published in 2020.
His tweets, also published in the usual languages of his account (Italian, Portuguese, Polish, French, English, Spanish, German and Arabic), are accompanied by the hashtags #PrionsEnsemble and #Ukraine.
Francis also went Friday morning to the Russian embassy near the Holy See to express “his concern” on the second day of the invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops. A gesture also exceptional for the Argentine pontiff who never goes to foreign representations but receives in the Apostolic Palace the diplomats accredited to the Vatican.
The pontiff, who had called Wednesday to “preserve the world from the madness of war”, stayed “a little more than half an hour on site”, added the same source.
On Thursday, a few hours after the attack of Ukraine by the troops of Moscow, the Vatican had estimated that negotiations were still possible to find a peaceful solution to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
The pontiff, who had called Wednesday to “preserve the world from the madness of war”, stayed “a little more than half an hour on site”, added the same source.
On Thursday, a few hours after the attack of Ukraine by the troops of Moscow, the Vatican had estimated that negotiations were still possible to find a peaceful solution to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
“I have great pain in my heart at the worsening of the situation in Ukraine. Despite the diplomatic efforts of recent weeks, more and more alarming scenarios are opening up. Like me, many people feel anguish and concern,” he said.
