A journey of prayer, prophecy and denunciation

As the mission of the Pope’s envoy in Hungary continues, Cardinal Michael Czerny, sj, meets with the Deputy Prime Minister and visits the border with Ukraine at Barabás, where hundreds of people are crowded into five reception points. Crossing into Ukraine, he visits the city of Berehove, in Transcarpathia, an area spared by the bombings but a gathering point for thousands of refugees. The Cardinal denounces the bombing of a children’s hospital in Mariupol, saying, “It makes you shudder.” “Welcome to Ukraine” reads a faded sign, covered by dry branches, at the Barabás crossing, the frontier between Ukraine and Hungary. It is almost a bitter joke, looking at the abyss that the eastern European country has become since 24 February, when this “cruel” war broke out. Cardinal Michael Czerny, Prefect ad interim of the Dicastery ...