Pope Francis implored Russian President Vladimir Putin to 'stop this spiral of violence and death' in Ukraine and denounced the 'absurd' risk of nuclear war.
Pope Francis leaves after the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. Pope Francis has appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin, imploring him to"stop this spiral of violence and death" in Ukraine. The pontiff also called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to"be open" to serious peace proposals.
The pontiff also called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to “be open” to serious peace proposals. He exhorted the international community to “use all diplomatic instruments” to end this “huge tragedy” and “horror” of war. “That humanity again finds itself before the threat of atomic war is absurd,'' the pontiff said. “What more has to happen, how much more blood has to flow” before the war ends? asked Francis.
He then urged Zelenskyy to “be open to serious proposals to peace,'' and called upon ”all protagonists of international life and political leaders with insistence to do all they can to put an end to the war,'' avoiding “dangerous escalation.”
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