ROME — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke on the telephone with Pope Francis Friday, thanking him for his prayers and asking for help.
In a Twitter post Friday, Zelensky stated he had briefed the pontiff on Russian aggression in opposition to Ukraine and “its horrible crimes” whereas additionally underscoring Ukraine’s want for “help of world non secular leaders who ought to convey to the world the reality about acts of horror dedicated by the aggressor.”
“I thanked Pope Francis for praying for Ukraine throughout a chat with him,” Zelensky wrote in a separate post on Instagram. “I spoke about Russia’s aggression and the horrible crimes in opposition to our state.”
As Vatican News reported, Friday’s telephone name was the third dialog between the 2 leaders since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the primary being on February 26 and the second on March 22.
The Ukrainian Ambassador to the Holy See, Andrii Yurash, took benefit of the information story to reiterate Ukraine’s invitation to Francis to go to Kyiv. “Ukrainian state and society will likely be completely happy to greet the Holy Father,” he said on Twitter, including {that a} “papal contact” to this struggling land may also help “cease conflict and set up peace.”
As Breitbart News reported, final Saturday, Pope Francis met with Yurash to debate a potential go to to Ukraine. The ambassador prompt that the go to may happen earlier than the pope’s journey to Kazakhstan, scheduled for September 13-15.
Ukraine has waited for the pope for a few years, particularly for the reason that begin of the conflict, and “will likely be completely happy to greet him earlier than his journey to Kazakhstan,” Yurash wrote.
