Browsing: Russian Federation

Source: Peter Anderson, Seattle USA Pope Francis, in his Angelus address on Sunday, August 25, made a strong appeal relating to the religious situation in Ukraine.  The official English translation of his remarks can be read at https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/angelus/2024/documents/20240825-angelus.html.  With respect to Ukraine, he stated: I continue to follow with sorrow the fighting in Ukraine and the Russian Federation.  And in thinking about the laws recently adopted in Ukraine, I fear for the freedom of those who pray, because those who truly pray always pray for all.  A person does not commit evil because of praying.  If someone commits evil against his…