Holy See dedicated to seeking peace in Ukraine

One year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations, spoke with Vatican Media about the diplomatic action of the Holy See working to put an end to this terrible war. Behind this action, he said, is the “initiative of the Holy Father” with his repeated “appeals for peace in Ukraine”. We always try to remind people of the “atrocity, the brutality of this war”, the Archbishop said, and to be open to the hope of a “future negotiation” that may lead to peace. Recalling his visit to Ukraine last May, which he said “profoundly changed” him, he explained that the Apostolic Nuncio’s decision to stay in Kyiv despite the war indicates the desire to share the suffering of the people of Ukraine, a decision that is part of the very nature of the Holy ...