(ANSA) – PALERMO, 02 MAR – “We repudiate this act of war that is taking place in Ukraine. We ask that war operations be suspended immediately and we address our prayers to the populations involved”. The Archbishop of Palermo Corrado Lorefice has launched an appeal for peace in Ukraine and in the world.
“For our part – he added – we declare our desire for peace and we undertake to examine ourselves and to renounce all discord and hostility, all verbal or physical violence, internal or external, in our homes and in our civil and Christian communities , in our human, family, social, professional, cultural contexts. And above all we commit ourselves to intensify with all the other Christian confessions and other faiths present in Palermo the prayer of peace for all nations and continents, in particular for Ukraine “.
Lorefice also announced a torchlight procession to be held on Friday 4 March at 9 pm in the churchyard of the Cathedral and during which Pope Francis’ appeal for peace will be read.
“We will ask that the light of peace prevail over the darkness of war – said the archbishop -. I also invite the communities of the other cities of the Diocese to organize the same sign to encourage greater awareness and participation”. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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