“May the Lord receive them in his peace and comfort their families. May he convert the hearts of those who plan, organize, and carry out these inhuman actions, which offend God, who commanded, ‘You shall not kill,’” the pope said.
After offering prayers for the victims in Moscow, Pope Francis made a long appeal for peace in Ukraine, asking people to pray in particular for those in Ukraine who do not have electricity.
“Let us pray for all our brothers and sisters who are suffering because of war,” the pope said.
“In a special way, I am thinking of martyred Ukraine, where so many people find themselves without electricity because of the intense attacks against infrastructure that, in addition to causing death and suffering, carry the risk of an even larger humanitarian catastrophe.”
Pope Francis added: “Please, do not forget the tormented Ukraine. And let us think about Gaza, which suffers so much, and so many other places of war.”
???? VIDEO | Pope Francis at today’s Angelus, immediately after the Palm Sunday Mass, pledged his prayers “for the victims of the cowardly terrorist attack in Moscow the other evening.” He asked us to pray for them and for their families. pic.twitter.com/KGeU4QX7pu
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