Pope Francis has addressed the conflict in Ukraine during his weekly address. Speaking in St Peter’s Square, the Pope said Ukrainians were subject to savageness, monstrosities and torture, and that a “noble” people are being martyred.
The Pope’s message came as Russian President, Vladimir Putin, looked to order a partial mobilisation of the Russian armed forces, and hold referendums in occupied territories of east Ukraine.
Pope Francis spoke of a conversation he had with Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, his charity chief delivering aid in the country, who came under gunfire last week. The Polish prelate gave the Pope an update on what Francis called the “terrible situation in tormented Ukraine.”
