Pope Francis has consecrated Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary with a prayer asking for peace in the world.
At the end of a penitential service in St Peter’s Basilica on March 25, the Pope carried out the act, saying: “Mother of God and our Mother, to your Immaculate Heart we solemnly entrust and consecrate ourselves, the Church and all humanity, especially Russia and Ukraine.”
“Accept this act that we carry out with confidence and love. Grant that war may end and peace spread throughout the world,” he prayed, on the same day that the Church celebrated the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord.
