He was traveling with two bishops, one Catholic and one Protestant, accompanied by a soldier, when the convoy on board which he was
distributing humanitarian aid
was involved in a
shooting
.
It happened to
cardinal almsgiver Konrad Krajewski
, the Pope's envoy to Ukraine and prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity.
After having loaded his van with food and having “gone where, besides the soldiers no one enters anymore, because the shots are getting thicker”, Krajewski found himself in the middle of a firefight, without however sustaining any injuries.
As reported by Vatican News, in fact, the cardinal is fine and in good condition.
The prelate's convoy had made a stop first in Odessa and then in Zaporizhzhia, with the intention of reaching Kharkiv.
In the second of the planned stops, “the group was hit by gunshots and the cardinal, together with the others,
had to go to safety
.
In the end, the agency adds, everything went well and the aid was delivered.
In addition to humanitarian comforts, Cardinal Krajewski (Polish, 58) was bringing with him "rosaries and the Pope's blessing".
“For the first time in my life
I didn't know where to escape
... because running is not enough, you have to know where” said Krajewski.
"In the end, everything went well and the aid was delivered to the last, even the rosaries blessed by the Pope: whoever received them immediately put them around their necks".
A particular day, on this anniversary of his episcopal consecration: a day of war that the cardinal defines as "without mercy", for which, as in his last mission during the Easter Triduum, he said "Tears are lacking and words are lacking. ".
The turning point in these days is Krajewski's fourth visit to Ukraine on behalf of Pope Francis.