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“Tormented Ukraine” … Pope recounts phone call from his envoy

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Kathleen N. Hattrup - published on 09/21/22
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"He told me about the pain of this people, the savagery, the monstrosities, the tortured corpses they find ..."

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Cardinal Konrad Krajewski is on his fourth mission to Ukraine on behalf of the Pope -- this time around, he had to run for cover under fire.

At the end of the general audience of September 21, Pope Francis said he'd spoken with the cardinal and thus wanted to "mention the terrible situation in tormented Ukraine."

The Pope said:

The Holy Father has made an appeal for Ukraine more than 80 times.

Neither words nor tears

The cardinal spoke with Vatican Radio about some 400 "unmarked graves" found outside Izium, in the east of the country.

"There are neither words, nor tears," he said.

The area was previously occupied by Russian forces and the remains of some 500 people have been found.

The cardinal explained:

The Pope's representative said he was struck by how the young Ukrainians stayed in silence, carrying the bodies so carefully, as if they were carrying their own family members. The cardinal and the bishop accompanying him walked among them, praying over and over the Chaplet of Divine Mercy.

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