(ANSA) – BARI, MARCH 10 – An appeal to the bishops of the “Mediterranean: Frontier of Peace” to “address a heartfelt appeal to His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and all the Russias, to intercede with President Putin to stop the war in Ukraine “is launched by the Apulian cultural association” Neverland “.
More than one hundred mayors, regional councilors, academics, personalities from civil society, the ecclesiastical world, the diplomatic world and culture have joined the appeal of the association, from Albano Carrisi to Nichi Vendola, from Beppe Sala to the rectors of the Apulian universities .
“On the anniversary of your meeting in Bari (19-23 February 2020) and while you were gathered in Florence for the second meeting (23-27 February 2022), the whole world was shocked by the tragedy that is affecting the noble land of Ukraine “says the association in the appeal, recalling that” from Florence you have appealed to the conscience of those who have political responsibilities to stop the madness of war as soon as possible “.
“In expressing its full support for all the initiatives it intends to undertake to stop the war”, the association “humbly asks you bishops of the Mediterranean to make you our voice” and recalls a phrase uttered by Patriarch Kirill himself, “which in the past was who came to Bari several times “for Saint Nicholas and” welcoming in Moscow in 2017 a relic of the Holy Bishop of Mira, he said: ‘Even though he has never been to Russia and is not linked to our country either by nationality or by culture , is perceived by us as a Russian saint because he went through with us all the very tiring and bloody history of our people ‘”. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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